The role of national fiscal bodies: State of play (April 2018)
In-Depth Analysis
10-04-2018
This briefing provides an overview of the role played by national fiscal institutions in the preparations of forthcoming budgets in EU Member States. As part of the scrutiny of the implementation of the economic governance framework in the European Union, the objective of the briefing is twofold: 1) to give and overview of the extent to which the Stability or Convergence Programmes and the Draft Budgetary Plans contain information about the involvement of independent national fiscal bodies in the preparation of these programmes/plans; and 2) to give an overview of the current set-up and role of these independent fiscal bodies based on the most recent assessment by the European Commission.
In-Depth Analysis
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- budget
- budget deficit
- budget estimate
- economic analysis
- economic convergence
- economic forecasting
- economic geography
- economic policy
- ECONOMICS
- employment
- EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS
- EU Member State
- euro area
- FINANCE
- financial control
- GEOGRAPHY
- job creation
- monetary economics
- monetary relations
- multilateral surveillance
- national budget
- national planning
- price stability
- prices
- public finance and budget policy
- stability programme