economic booms in some peripheral Euro-zone countries financed by large capital inflows; the credit and asset price booms and … Latin American audiences. For those Euro-zone countries that built up large Euro-denominated external liabilities, Latin …

This paper reviews the performance of the euro area since the euro's launch 20 years ago. It argues that the euro … crisis has exposed existential flaws in the euro regime. Intra-area divergences and the corresponding buildup of imbalances … unemployment continue to plague euro crisis countries. Its huge current account surplus highlights that the euro currency union …

This paper investigates the causes behind the euro debt crisis, particularly Germany's role in it. It is argued that … threaten the euro's survival. The crisis in Euroland poses a global "too big to fail" threat, and presents a moral hazard of … perhaps unprecedented scale to the global community. -- Euro ; Monetary Union ; Banking Crisis ; Balance-of-Payments Crisis …

depressed euro that boosted German extra-area exports. But the crisis that started in Euroland's so-called periphery has … meanwhile reached the core. With pro-euro sentiments dwindling fast across the European Union (EU), the future of the euro … turn out to be a double-edged sword. In case of a euro breakup, swift appreciation of the new deutschmark would abruptly …

This paper studies the reaction of the mean and volatility of the euro-dollar exchange rate to statements of ECB … officials during the first years of EMU. We focus on statements on monetary policy and the (potential) strength of the euro. We …. In some cases there are effects of statements on the level of the euro-dollar rate. Efforts to talk up the euro have not …

explain the dynamics of the euro/dollar exchange rate between January 1995 and December 2008. Besides, the model highlights …

widely expected that the euro will become an important international currency. This paper suggests simple methods how to …. Estimates presented indicate that the euro may indeed lead to a significant decline in the market share of the dollar as an … assumption that the euro will achieve a reputation similar to that of the deutschmark before EMU. The projected shifts can be …