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Obstfeld, Maurice - 1999

In this paper I focus on two specific hazard areas in the transition from Stage Two to Stage Three of European economic and monetary union (EMU), as well as on some key problems of Stage Three that EMU's monetary and fiscal structures appear ill-prepared to handle. The transitional hazards are...

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Pandemic Shocks and Fiscal-Monetary Policies in the Eurozone : COVID-19 Dominance During January - June 2020

Jinjarak, Yothin - 2020

This case study compares the importance of prevailing market factors against that of COVID-19 dynamics and policy responses in explaining the evolution of Eurozone (EZ) sovereign spreads during the first half of 2020. Focusing on daily Eurozone CDS spreads, we adopt a multi-stage econometric...

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Insulation Impossible : Fiscal Spillovers in a Monetary Union

Cooper, Russell - 2009

This paper studies fiscal spillovers in a monetary union. The focus of the analysis is on the interaction between the fiscal policy of member countries (regions) and the central monetary authority. When capital markets are integrated, the fiscal policy of one country will influence equilibrium...

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How Do Monetary and Fiscal Policy Interact in the European Monetary Union?

Canzoneri, Matthew B. - 2005

Formation of the Euro area raises new questions about the coordination of monetary and fiscal policy. Using a New Neoclassical Synthesis (NNS) model, we show that a common monetary policy, responding to area-wide aggregates, has asymmetric effects on countries within the union, depending on...

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The ECB's Fiscal Policy

Sinn, Hans-Werner - 2018

While the ECB helped mitigate the euro crisis in the aftermath of Lehman, it has stretched its monetary mandate and moved into fiscal territory. This text describes and summarizes the crucial role played by the ECB in the intervention spiral resulting from its bid to manage the crisis. It also...

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Monetary-Fiscal Interactions and the Euro Area's Malaise

Jarociński, Marek - 2017

When monetary and fiscal policy are conducted as in the euro area, output, inflation, and government bond default premia are indeterminate according to a standard general equilibrium model with sticky prices extended to include defaultable public debt. With sunspots, the model mimics the recent...

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Inspecting the Mechanism : Leverage and the Great Recession in the Eurozone

Martin, Philippe - 2014

We provide a comprehensive account of the dynamics of eurozone countries from 2000 to 2012. We analyze private leverage, fiscal policy, labor costs and interest rates and we propose a strategy to separate the impact of credit cycles, excessive government spending, and sudden stops. We then ask...

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Fiscal Consequences of Central Bank Losses

Cecchetti, Stephen G.; Hilscher, Jens - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

In response to the Global Financial Crisis, central banks engaged in large-scale asset purchases funded by the issuance of reserves. These "unconventional" policies continued during the pandemic, so that by 2022 central banks' balance sheets had grown up to ten-fold. As a result of rapidly...

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Fiscal policy in economic and monetary union : theory, evidence, and institutions

Buti, Marco - 2006

This book explores the origins, rationale, problems and prospects of the European fiscal policy framework. It provides the reader with a roadmap to EMU's budgetary framework by exploring its theoretical and empirical foundations, uncovering its historical roots and emphasising its supranational...

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Implementation of Monetary Policy : How Do Central Banks Set Interest Rates?

Friedman, Benjamin M. - 2010

variation in the supply of central bank liabilities. In effect, the announcement effect has displaced the liquidity effect as …-system, or Japan. Structural estimates of banks' reserve demand, at a frequency corresponding to the required reserve maintenance … period, show no interest elasticity for the U.S. or the Euro-system (but some elasticity for Japan). The chapter next …

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