The Bank of Italy published seven new Occasional Papers (Nos. 918–924) covering post-pandemic productivity dynamics in the United States and the euro area, the euro area productivity slowdown and the role of input prices, migration flows and policies in Italy and other European countries, comparisons of systemic risk between Italian insurers and banks, market risk of securities held by Italian banks and insurance companies, links between countries’ demographic and socio-economic structures and household consumption, and analysis of the Italian venture capital market.