Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs

The Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs is a Directorate-General of the European Commission, founded in 1958. It is located in Brussels, Belgium. Its main responsibility is to encourage the development of Economic and Monetary Union both inside and outside the European Union, by advancing economic policy coordination, conducting economic surveillance and providing policy assessment and advice.
It is one of the largest Directorate-Generals in the Commission, with a staff of about 2,000 people.

WWW ec.europa.eu/dgs/economy_...

Policy areas

The Directorate-General's policy areas include:

Economic surveillance
* Monitoring of the economy of the euro area and of the EU
* Key indicators
* Economic forecasts
* Business and consumer surveys
* Annual Review on the EU economy
* Convergence reports
Monitoring budgetary policy and public finances
* Stability and Growth Pact and fiscal surveillance
* Annual « Public Finance Report »
* Contribution of public finances to economic growth and employment
* The consequences of ageing
Economic policy coordination
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* Structural reforms
* Luxembourg, Cardiff and Cologne processes
* Assessing the policy-mix in the euro area
The euro: legal, practical and institutional aspects
* Legal and institutional issues of the euro
* Euro coins
* Update and maintenance of the Commission's euro web site
Financial markets and capital movement
* Integration of EU financial markets
* Freedom of capital movements
Economic relations with third countries
* Accession countries: economic aspects of enlargement
* G7 Countries
* Russia
* Western Balkan Countries, Mediterranean Countries, and development issues
* Macro-financial assistance to third countries
* Relations with international financial institutions
Financing
* Investment Financing
* EIB
* EIF
* Funding Programmes for SMEs
* Funding for Trans-European Networks
* Euratom loans
* Opinions and surveys on investments for the European Coal and Steel Community