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She argues that the scale of the fiscal challenge makes it necessary to begin a process of fiscal consolidation once the economic recovery gains traction and takes hold Cristina Herrero stresses the importance of a comprehensive strategy that will also address the quality of public finances and the necessary structural reforms She offers the potential ... Read more

On Friday, October 1st, the President of the Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility (AIReF), Cristina Herrero, participated in the International Conference of Councils on Economic Policy, organised by the German Council of Economic Experts (Sachverständigenrat Wirtschaft) and the French Council of Economic Analysis (Conseil D’Analyse Économique, CAE). This new edition focused on the recovery from ... Read more

The President of AIReF indicates that one of the main challenges of fiscal policy is to begin a consolidation process that not only acts directly on public finances, but also on economic growth Cristina Herrero stresses the importance of fiscal consolidation, not as a synonym for short-term cuts but as efficiency in the use of ... Read more

In the Dialogue “Economics and politics during and after Covid-19”, Cristina Herrero proposed that this is the right time to draw up a medium-term fiscal strategy that will allow both the consolidation of public accounts and economic growth In the debate on the reform of the European fiscal framework, she reflected on the role that ... Read more

AIReF's evaluation of the efficiency of public spending has just been strengthened through the creation of the Public Spending Evaluation Division “The weight of healthcare spending as a proportion of GDP and public expenditure, its importance as a public service and the challenges ahead mean that evaluating its efficiency is particularly important”, Christina Herrero, President ... Read more