# Cooley-Rupert European Economic Snapshot

1 Research Highlights August 20, 2012 ![](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_025563.jpg?itok=bzeFzzxZ) By Thomas Cooley, Paganelli-Bull Professor of Economics & Peter Rupert >

Professor Thomas Cooley, with Peter Rupert, release their [snapshot](http://europeansnapshot.com/) of the European economies. As with their U.S. Economic Snapshot , they present the salient features of the business cycle in Europe. In their new post, they compare recovery paths of the major European economies as they try to rebound from the recession that began in 2008. This is the most pressing issue facing European policy makers, central bankers and other economies around the world.

View the [Cooley-Rupert European Economic Snapshot](http://europeansnapshot.com/):

## Read more

- [*The New York Times*: "For Europe’s Economy, a Lost Decade Looms"](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/17/business/global/for-europes-economy-a-lost-decade-looms.html?_r=3&hp)