Economic challenges for EU candidate and potential candidate countries and the road to membership of a genuine EMU
* The views expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of the ECB.
Frank Moss European Central Bank
Seminar: Institutional Challenges for Candidate and Potential Candidate
Countries on the Road to the EU and EMU
Vienna, 16 May 2014
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I. Key challenges for the CPCCs on their way to the EU and EMU
II. Early lessons from new euro area entrants in Central Europe
III. Key challenges for EU/EA members in the implementation of a reinforced EMU
IV. Conclusions: a medium-term policy agenda
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I. Key challenges for the CPCCs on their way to the EU and EMU
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Challenges for CPCCs
Medium to long term challenges:
Macroeconomic challenges – achieving sustainable growth and convergence
– further unwinding external imbalances
– fully anchoring inflation
– containing budget deficits and public debt
Financial stability challenges – financing sustainable convergence
– addressing asset quality and repairing the bank lending channel
– fending-off risks posed by fx lending
Institutional and Governance Challenges – Improving governance
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Macroeconomic challenges
Macroeconomic challenge #1: achieving sustainable growth and convergence
Real GDP growth for selected economies (annual % change)
*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence. Sources: Eurostat, IMF/WEO (** indicates projections) and ECB staff calculations. Notes: Western Balkans include Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo *, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. EU-11 covers EU member states that joined in and after 2004, except Cyprus and Malta. Regional aggregates are calculated using the share of each country in the total annual nominal GDP of the region times the country's annual real GDP growth in order to obtain a weighted average reflecting the size of the economies. PPS refers to Purchasing Power Standard.
Real GDP per capita in PPS (Index EU-20=100)
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Macroeconomic challenge #2: further unwinding external imbalances
Current account balances in selected economies (% of GDP)
* Under UNSCR 1244 Source: IMF/WEO (figures for 2014 are projections). Notes: EU-11is a median observation for all member states which joined the EU in and after 2004, except CY and MT.
Components of the current account balance in 2008 and 2014 (% of GDP)
Macroeconomic challenges
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Macroeconomic challenge #3: fully anchoring inflation
* Under UNSCR 1244 Sources: IFS, national central banks and ECB staff calculations.
CPI inflation (annual % changes, p.a)
CPI inflation (annual % changes, p.a)
Notes: Western Balkans include AL. BiH, KS * (under UNSCR 1244), MK, ME and RS. EU-11 is a median of all member states which joined the EU in and after 2004, except Cyprus and Malta. Source: IMF/WEO (** indicates projections).
Macroeconomic challenges
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Macroeconomic challenge #4: containing budget deficits and public debt
General government net lending/borrowing (% of GDP)
General government gross debt (% of GDP)
* Under UNSCR 1244 Sources: IMF/WEO (** indicates forecasts), Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kosovo and ECB staff calculations. Notes: EU-11 covers EU member states that joined in and after 2004 and 2007, except Cyprus and Malta. Earliest data point for public debt Kosovo is 2009 and public debt data for 2014 are as of Q1 2014.
Macroeconomic challenges
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Financial Stability Challenges
Financial stability challenge #1: financing sustainable convergence
In the short-term: Coping with parent bank deleveraging and raising domestic sources of funding In the medium term: Recalibrating banks’ business models and developing local capital markets
BIS reporting banks’ cross-border claims on banking sectors in selected countries (quarter-on-quarter changes, % of full-year nominal GDP)
Sources: BIS locational banking statistics, IMF/WEO and ECB staff calculations. Notes: EU-11 covers EU member states that joined in and after 2004 and 2007, except Cyprus and Malta. Data are not fx-adjusted.
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Financial stability challenge #2: addressing asset quality and repairing the bank lending channel
Credit to private sector (percentage change on a year earlier)
* Under UNSCR 1244 Sources: National central banks and ECB staff calculations. Notes: The time series are converted into euro and fx-adjusted with the difference in the exchange rate compared to the same month the previous year.
Non-performing loans to total gross loans ( %)
* Under UNSCR 1244 Sources: Haver Analytics, IFS and national central banks. Notes: EU-11covers all new EU member states that joined in and after 2004, except Cyprus and Malta. Data for Bulgaria are on an annual basis.
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Financial stability challenge #3: fending-off risks posed by fx lending
Foreign currency indexed or denominated loans to total loans (%)
Foreign currency indexed or denominated deposits to total deposits (%)
* Under UNSCR 1244 Sources: ECB, Haver Analytics, IFS and national central banks. Notes: EU-11covers all EU member states that joined in and after 2004, except Cyprus and Malta. Iceland is excluded from the right chart due to lack of data.
Financial Stability Challenges
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Institutional indicators show CPCCs edging closer to regional average, but still far from standards of EU member states….
Selected institutional and governance indicators
Source: World Bank worldwide governance indicators. Note: scores run from approx. -2.5 to 2.5, with higher values corresponding to better governance
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World Economic Forum (The Global Competitiveness Index 2013-2014 rankings)
Transparency International (Corruption Perception Index 2012)
The World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (Ease of Doing Business 2013)
Average of Worldwide Governance Index (2011)
New EU member states EU candidate and potentialcandidate countries
Sources: World Economic Forum, Transparency International, World Bank, IFC. Note: For presentational purposes, countries are sorted by the World Bank’s average of worldwide governance index. Lower rank indicates better performance.
Governance Challenges for CPCCs
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Governance Challenges for CPCCs
• Apart from mastering macroeconomic and financial stability challenges, strong governance and high-quality institutions remain key for underpinning the structural reforms needed to generate sustainable convergence
• The EU accession process should not be seen as a mechanic exercise of fulfilling the condition of EU ‘acquis’ adoption, but as an opportunity to fundamentally improve institutions and policies at home
• The improved EU governance framework can provide orientation already before it becomes formally applicable upon EU accession
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II. Early lessons from new euro area entrants in Central Europe
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Credit to households (1999=100)
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150
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700
800
900
1000
1100
1999
2001
2003
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2007
2009
2011
2013
GR(lhs)
ES(rhs)
IE (rhs)
PT(rhs)
EA(rhs)
Compensation per employee relative to the euro area (1999=100)
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100
105
110
115
120
125
130
135
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
IE
ES
PT
GR
Lessons from the euro area Since the start of EMU a catch-up in overdrive produced large imbalances before the crisis…
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Construction investment in % of GDP Current account in % of GDP
… and saw a strong correction afterwards.
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2001
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2005
2007
2009
2011
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-15.0
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-5.0
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2001
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2011
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Lessons from the euro area
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Construction investment in % of GDP Current account in % of GDP
A similar story for the euro area entrants from Central Europe, notwithstanding their later entry
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2001
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EE(2011)LT(2015?)LV(2014) -25.0
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-15.0
-10.0
-5.0
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10.0
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
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LT
LV
CY
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Note: in brackets date of euro adoption
Lessons from the euro area
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Unemployment rate (in % of the labour force)
The adjustment has been very costly, and more so in countries facing more rigidities, putting a further premium on structural reforms
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1999
2001
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2009
2011
2013
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10.012.014.016.018.020.022.024.026.028.0
1999
2001
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2007
2009
2011
2013
CY
LV
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Lessons from the euro area
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How can CPCCs avoid repeating the mistakes?
Establish strong national policy frameworks: To reap the benefit of EU/EA membership, countries need to maintain sound and responsible macroeconomic and (micro plus macro)prudential policies, reduce large rigidities in product and labour markets, and build strong institutions
Foster national ownership of the EU economic surveillance processes early on: National Reform Programmes; Fiscal rules and Fiscal Council; an accountable monetary and exchange rate policy framework; monitoring of macroeconomic imbalances; maintaining a sound banking sector
Dispel false beliefs in short-cuts: Preparation times must not be squeezed, neither in political, macroeconomic or structural terms, even if realistic timetables can be helpful to build momentum
Lessons from the euro area
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III. Key challenges for EU/EA members in the implementation of a reinforced EMU
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Three key dimensions of a strengthened framework: – fiscal
– economic
– financial
Other elements not dealt with in this presentation: – crisis management tools (e.g. ESM)
– governance
A reinforced EMU framework after the twin (global and EA sovereign debt) crisis
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Four legal acts of the “six-pack”: • expenditure rule in the preventive arm of the SGP, debt-based Excessive
Deficit Procedure, more automaticity and effective financial sanctions in the
corrective arm, national fiscal frameworks
The “two-pack”: • strengthening budgetary surveillance in the euro area
The “Fiscal Compact” Treaty: • National implementation of the balanced budget rule and automatic
correction mechanism, to be verified by ECJ
Reinforcement of the fiscal framework
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EU Semester with better embedded NRPs • Integrated fiscal and economic surveillance
New Macroeconomic Imbalances Procedure
• Scoreboard, In-Depth Review, EIP
Intergovernmental additions still to be exploited
• Euro Plus Pact (for 24 MS)
• Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance - TSCG (for 25 MS) – new
instruments under discussion (ex-ante coordination)
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Reinforcement of the economic framework
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Macro-prudential oversight leg for the entire financial system (ESRB)
Micro-prudential oversight agencies for three sectors (EBA, ESMA and EIOPA) Building a banking union for the euro area plus: • Single rule book (CRD IV/CRR)
• SSM with direct ECB supervision of significant banks
• SRM and SRF
• Harmonised features of deposit guarantee scheme features
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Reinforcement of the financial framework
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Fostering national ownership • By implementing parts of the rule books in national legislation
• By making national policy makers co-responsible for the union’s well-being
Implementing the new rules to the letter and the spirit • By the European Commission
• By the EU Council/Eurogroup
• By the Member States
Taking proper account of the economic environment • Calling for a right mix of fiscal adjustment and a judicious sequencing of structural
reforms in a still weak economic environment
• Seizing the occasion of the buoyant financial markets to repair the financial sector
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Implementation challenges for the new frameworks
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IV. Conclusions: a medium-term policy agenda
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IV. Conclusions: a medium-term policy agenda for CCs and PCCs
Draw policy lessons from EMEs in other regions Use the EU neighbourhood factor in all possible ways Don’t regard EU/EA membership as an end in itself, but as an additional vehicle to promote sustainable convergence
A policy agenda for CPCCs seeking sustainable convergence: • Steer clear of doom loops
• Seek to develop boon loops
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IV. Conclusions: boon loop 1 (monetary policy)
An independent central bank Being able to conduct a credible monetary policy Will boost confidence in the domestic currency Will strengthen domestic savings, generate more sustainable capital inflows and generate real appreciation that will reduce the weight of the external debt burden and further strengthen the credibility of the monetary policy
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IV. Conclusions: boon loop 2 (fiscal policy)
Strong fiscal administrations and a medium-term oriented fiscal policy framework That creates additional fiscal policy space by keeping the ratio of public spending to GDP in check Will make the economy more resilient to shocks Will foster the credibility of monetary policy Will create a predictable framework for the private sector and will in turn strengthen the fiscal administration
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IV. Conclusions: boon loop 3 (structural policy)
A strengthening of the corporate sector and a well-educated labour force Will boost non-price competitiveness Stimulate trade and employment Raise savings and investment Which will further strengthen the corporate sector
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IV. Conclusions: boon loop 4 (financial policy)
Strengthening banks’ balance sheets by bringing down high NPL ratios Will allow banks to extend new credit That will boost investment (also in financial services) And draw in more private savings That will further strengthen banks’ balance sheets
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IV. Conclusions: boon loop 5 (external policy)
Stronger domestic policy frameworks will attract more foreign capital (FDI, bank loans, portfolio investment) And keep well-skilled people in jobs at home rather than abroad Which will boost domestic potential growth as well as actual growth Which will provide the means to further strengthen policy frameworks and skill sets of people
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