🪖 Understanding US foreign military sales globally since 2008 ✈️ What are the trends and values of United States Foreign Military Sales, and how have they changed over time? 🖊️ By @juanmejinoecon.bsky.social, @javier-ospital.bsky.social and @guntramwolff.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/VuzCafe #EconSky

📊 Chart of the week: Accrued-to-date pension entitlements in social insurance, % of GDP 2021 🔨 Can policy makers successfully reform national pension systems to encourage private savings? 👀 Read the First Glance by @jfkirkegaard.bsky.social here: www.bruegel.org/first-glance...

🔴 LIVE NOW: 2025 "Triffin Lecture": Are global markets heading towards financial fragmentation? ⌚ 17:30-20:15 CET 💶 Join us for this event discussing what the implications of global financial fragmentation could be for the international role of the euro. 📹 buff.ly/qQ7dFNJ

Update on European gas imports for week 44, 2025, including LNG imports by source for October 2025 @bruegel.org. www.bruegel.org/dataset/euro...

🔬 What can Europe learn from China’s critical-tech innovation push? With Europe lagging behind the US and China on critical tech, European policy makers must improve the EU's innovation environment. 📑Policy Brief by @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social and Michal Krystyanczuk 🔗 buff.ly/KpNbhPY #EconSky

🪙 The real obstacle to EU capital market integration is unreformed pension systems 🔨 Will policy makers be able to pass the reforms to national pension systems needed to encourage private savings? 🔗 By @jfkirkegaard.bsky.social: buff.ly/uXy3YVF #EconSky

🏦 Double tax – why women pay it and what to do about it 🎙️In this episode of The Sound of Economics, @rebeccawire.bsky.social, @itsafronomics.bsky.social and Marie-Sophie Lappe discuss gender inequality and how economics can help to fix it. 👂 Listen to the conversation:

🔴 LIVE NOW: Supranational supervision: unlocking European capital markets ⌚ 13:00-14:00 CET Join us for this event on the future of European capital markets supervision. 📹 Streaming here: buff.ly/2qyFx89

🪖Europe’s dependence on the US defence industrial base: source of transatlantic strength or geopolitical vulnerability? 🗓️12 November 2025 13:00-14:00 The future of European defence and dependence on others w/ @guntramwolff.bsky.social, Anne Fort & Ethan Kapstein. 🔗Sign up: buff.ly/4zdXS6u

Guntram Wolff is sceptical that churning out more tanks or artillery will bring long-term economic gains. However, if European governments direct their money towards new technologies, this will “have broader economic benefits”. Time to modernise armed forces @bruegel.org www.ft.com/content/ec99...

🚆See you in Dublin! 📅5 November 2025 14:00-17:00 As part of Bruegel’s 20th anniversary celebrations, we organise the event "Planning for Ireland’s future", together with the Irish Department of Finance as part of its Annual Policy Conference INVITATION-ONLY More info: buff.ly/3MsafsY

❗ For those watching live – our apologies for the technical difficulties! The audio is back now, and a full recording will be made available later today.

🔴 LIVE NOW: Preparing for COP30: issues at stake, metrics of success and Europe’s role ⌚ 13:00-14:00 CET Join us for this discussion on Europe's role in the future of climate cooperation! 📹 Watch the stream here: buff.ly/4Dw3w9P

🤔 The 21st century economic consensus: rethinking policy and strategy 📅 12 November 2025 11:15-12:30 CET How can Europe renew its economic and political vision in a fragmented global order? w/ Tim Besley, André Sapir, Andrés Velasco and @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social 🔗Sign up: buff.ly/PNrboO4

🆕 📆 September 2025 - EU sets new record for electric vehicle registrations 🔵 29% of newly registered vehicles were electric, previous record was 28% in August 2023 🇩🇰🇸🇪🇫🇮🇳🇱 are out in front 🇪🇸🇱🇻🇵🇱🇵🇹 are accelerating quickly european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org/technology/e...

SAVE THE DATE 🗓️ Join us on Dec 4 at 11:00-12:15 for a conversation with EVP Ribera aimed at taking stock of the key initiatives undertaken so far and at exploring the key priorities ahead to reconcile Europe's decarbonisation agenda with competitiveness and fairness. www.bruegel.org/event/europe...

❌ The European Parliament gets it wrong on the European Commission’s 2028-2034 budget 📨 Is the joint letter sent last week by the European Parliament's four centrist groups to the Commission the first step towards a watered-down budget? 🔗 First Glance by Marco Buti: buff.ly/1p7aKt9 #EconSky

↔️Paradoxical EU-China climate relations As COP30 approaches, what is the real state of EU–China climate relations? 🗣️ @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social in conversation w/ @ctrasi.bsky.social & @yuyunzhan.bsky.social #EconSky 🎙️ Listen to the podcast: buff.ly/NiGfqTt

💶 2025 "Triffin Lecture": Are global markets heading towards financial fragmentation? 📅 6 November 2025 17:30-20:15 CET Join us for this event! w/ @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social, Christian Ghymers Hanot, Peter Praet, Bernard Snoy and @isabelsabine.bsky.social 🔗Sign up: buff.ly/qQ7dFNJ

I am sharing my recent podcast in the series of #Zhonghua Mundus in The Sound of Economics by @bruegel.org. In this episode, I talked with Cecilia Trasi and Yuyun Zhan to explore the state of #EU–China #climate relations. www.bruegel.org/podcast/para...

🎬 That’s a wrap! Bruegel’s 20th anniversary conference in Athens, centred on how Europe can renew its growth model by turning investment into productivity, making energy a driver of competitiveness and aligning reforms for long-term resilience. 📼 buff.ly/0lHJQhH 👀 Next stop: Vienna

🚆See you in Vienna! 📅3 November 2025 14:00-18:00 CET As part of Bruegel’s 20th anniversary celebrations, "EU sustainable growth: what is the right mix of structural, monetary and fiscal instruments?" Hosted w/ the Ministry of Finance & Oesterreichische Nationalbank. Register here: buff.ly/JH1Xsxu

🔴 Is US debt reaching a crisis-point? 💡 Comments made yesterday by Goldman CEO David Solomon in Washington, published by @bloomberg.com, echo points raised by Samantha Ajovalasit, Andrea Consiglio and @stavroszenios.bsky.social in their Bruegel Analysis. 🔗 Read here: buff.ly/gipRHwA #EconSky

📊 Chart of the week: Average and median wealth levels of single households, ratio of women’s wealth to men’s wealth, 2021 ⚖️ Do women and men have equal access to wealth across Europe? 🖊️ @zsoltdarvas.bsky.social and Nina Ruer 🔗 buff.ly/J77mYCm

⚖️ Gender wealth inequality in the EU 💰 Given wealth's role in determining economic wellbeing, understanding gender relations in the economy is impossible without assessing whether women and men have equal levels of access to it. 🖊️ @zsoltdarvas.bsky.social and Nina Ruer 🔗 buff.ly/J77mYCm #EconSky

🔎As #COP30 nears, what is the state of EU-China climate relations? ECCO’s Cecilia Trasi joined 'The Sound of Economics' to discuss how the EU & China share a green transition goal but take different paths - and where they can cooperate. 👉Listen to the episode by @bruegel.org: tinyurl.com/cefy6y48

💡 LIVE NOW: Strategic transformation for Europe's growth: investing in resilience, innovation and competitiveness 🔗 Watch here: www.bruegel.org/event/strate...

🌄 Paradoxical EU-China climate relations In this episode of The Sound of Economics, @yuyunzhan.bsky.social, @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social & @ctrasi.bsky.social discuss how the EU and China share a vision for a green transition but follow different paths. 🎧 www.bruegel.org/podcast/para...

🎬 That’s a wrap! 💶 Bruegel’s 20th anniversary conference in Rome brought together policymakers and experts to discuss how Europe’s next MFF can boost competitiveness, resilience and security. Thank you to all participants and speakers, we hope to see you again soon! 👀 Next stop: Athens

📈 Supranational supervision: unlocking European capital markets 📅 5 November 2025 13:00-14:00 CET What is the future of European capital markets supervision? w/@rebeccawire.bsky.social , Stefan Ingves & @veron.bsky.social 🔗Sign up: buff.ly/txuvR2b

🔔 UPDATED: Russian foreign trade tracker ⛽ Fuel exports to Brazil dropped sharply due to refinery attacks & diesel export bans, but have been offset by crude exports to China/India. 🔗 www.bruegel.org/dataset/russ... 🖊️ Madalena Barata Da Rocha, @zsoltdarvas.bsky.social and Marie-Sophie Lappe

Last year, the EU imported *€90 billion* in clean tech products. This compares to exports of €83 billion, meaning the EU currently runs a modest net import position. Data available with breakdowns per product category and trading partner 👇 european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org/overview/trade

✅ Behind every Bruegel publication is a team of researchers working through an annual agenda — our shared to-do list for Europe’s economic policy challenges. 📑 Read our 2025-2026 Research Programme now! 🔗 www.bruegel.org/bruegel-euro... #EconSky

🚢 (Clean) Tech Tracker Tuesday: The EU imports €90 billion in clean tech products 💭 How has the EU's net import position evolved over time? 📊 Explore the Tracker here: lnkd.in/eUjxjFKC

🌐 Tariffs, deals and multilateral ideals: can the World Trade Organization survive? ⚖️ Petros C. Mavroidis weighs up the impact of US tariffs on the multilateral trading order, and whether a genuine reform to preserve the spirit of its principles is achievable. 🔗 buff.ly/BjLBCCm #EconSky

🌎 Preparing for COP30: issues at stake, metrics of success, and Europe’s role 📅 4 November 13:00-14:00 CET Join us for this event! w/ @tagliapietra.bsky.social, @lindakalcher.bsky.social, @fredroder.bsky.social, Jacob Werksman & Paulo Henrique Ribeiro Zerbinati 🔗Sign up: buff.ly/bAgeaSs

❓What are governments buying? How does the European Union manage public-sector procurement, and is there room for environmental goals? @rebeccawire.bsky.social in conversation w/ Karolis Granickas, @francesconicoli.bsky.social and Marie-Sophie Lappe 🎙️ Listen to the podcast: buff.ly/qctkqXj

🚆See you in Athens! 📅 30 October 2025, 9:45-12:45 CEST As part of Bruegel’s 20th anniversary celebrations, "Strategic transformation for Europe's growth: investing in resilience, innovation and competitiveness" is hosted with the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Greece. Info: buff.ly/6Rr0Gmq

📊 Chart of the week: Closing the gap between the EU and German fiscal rule requirements in 2031 🔍 What does Germany's fiscal plan reveal about the EU's fiscal rules? 🖊️ @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social, @zsoltdarvas.bsky.social and lennardwelslau.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/pgtUaGA #EconSky

📣 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Climate economist 🌍 Bruegel is looking for a full-time Brussels-based researcher with expertise in the area of #climate. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. 🔗 Want to learn more? Click here: buff.ly/VrN9Ec1

🚶🚶 Economic impact must dictate immigration policies in an ageing Europe A frank assessment of the relative benefits of different types of migration to European economies is needed 🖊️ @jfkirkegaard.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/QrfTzaF #EconSky

🎙️What are governments buying? 🌱 @rebeccawire.bsky.social discusses how the European Union manages public-sector procurement, and if there is room for environmental goals w/ Marie-Sophie Lappe, @francesconicoli.bsky.social and Karolis Granickas. 👂 Listen to the podcast:

🧮 What Germany’s medium-term fiscal plan means for Europe 🔍 Is Germany a special case, or does its plan demonstrate that a deeper rethink of the EU's fiscal rules is required? 🖊️ @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social, @zsoltdarvas.bsky.social and lennardwelslau.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/pgtUaGA #EconSky

🚆See you in Rome! 📅 28 October 2025, 14:30-17:30 CEST As part of Bruegel’s 20th anniversary celebrations, "MFF in a new era: how to finance competitiveness, security and other European Public Goods", together with the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Rome. Register here: buff.ly/8d8Hada

📊 Bruegel Dataset UPDATE 2/2: Divisia monetary aggregates for the euro area 🪙 Take a look at our freshly updated dataset that compiles Divisia monetary aggregates for the euro area, including simple-sum aggregates for comparison. ✏️ Compiled by @zsoltdarvas.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/w77edbg

📊 Happy World Statistics Day! 🌅 Bruegel Dataset update 1/2: #China economic database, October 🔗 buff.ly/L4rTxjb 🔔 Subscribe for future updates: buff.ly/fgIhC45 🖊️ Compiled by: @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social, Michal Krystyanczuk, Robin Schindowski, Théo Storella and Jianwei Xu

🌍 Climate, data and complacency: Why economists need to take the costs of climate change more seriously @heathergrabbe.bsky.social & @guntramwolff.bsky.social in conversation w/ @rebeccawire.bsky.social 🎙️ Listen to the podcast: buff.ly/MbfbRul

📊 Chart of the week: Unemployment rate in China 💼 As China’s population ages, unemployment rates among young people are reaching new heights. 🔗 buff.ly/L4rTxjb #EconSky

🏅 The Nobel Prize committee’s message for European innovation 💡 It is time for Europe to embrace creative destruction as a necessary consequence of successful growth and #innovation ✏️ Will policymakers take note? By @proffionasm.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/FVohLzz #EconSky

🇭🇺 Hungary leads European solar deployment In 2024, one-quarter of all electricity generation in Hungary came from solar. ⚡This has been a rapid transition. One decade ago, the solar share was 0%. european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org/geography