In economically more favourable times, countries with higher government debt levels should have to make greater efforts to reduce their debt than countries with lower debt levels.This does more justice to differences in starting positions, and the European economy will also benefit if all countries do not tighten their fiscal reins at the same time. 9  Fout! Onbekende naam voor documenteigenschap.
These studies indicate that the CPI has been systematically overstated, in the United States by about 1 percentage point, and in Germany by three-quarters of a percentage point.