The excessive imbalances procedure (EIP): how to undertake surveillance on housing markets?

Readers may be interested in this event later this week and the related materials.

The European Fiscal Framework

Christian Odendahl writes at The Economist’s Free Exchange blog  here.

Bruegel estimates that the kind of fiscal union required to back a European-wide banking system would require a European-level “right to tax” of about 2 percent of GDP.

Consultation Process for Technological University Status

The HEA has posted the consultation document, a report from Simon Marginson and the various submissions here.

NYT Profile of Sargent and Sims

The NYT has an interesting profile of the 2011 Nobel prizewinners here.

Budget 2012: White Paper on Receipts and Expenditures

This pre-budget document is here.