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Euro Area Policies: Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
This Selected Issues paper assesses the youth unemployment problem in advanced European economies, especially the euro area. Youth unemployment rates increased sharply in the euro area after the crisis. Much of these increases can be explained by output dynamics and the greater sensitivity of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244439
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Rebalancing in the Euro Area and Cyclicality of Current Account Adjustments
Tressel, Thierry; Wang, Shengzu - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
The paper examines progress with the external rebalancing of euro area deficit countries. Relative prices are adjusting at different pace across countries and with different compositions of wage cuts and labor shedding. There is so far limited evidence of resource re-allocation from non-tradable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959477
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Fiscal Devaluation in a Monetary Union
Engler, Philipp; Ganelli, Giovanni; Tervala, Juha; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
Using a DSGE model calibrated to the euro area, we analyze the international effects of a fiscal devaluation (FD) implemented as a revenue-neutral shift from employer's social contributions to the Value Added Tax. We find that a FD in ‘Southern European countries’ has a strong...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142031
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Monetary and Macroprudential Policy in an Estimated DSGE Model of the Euro Area
Quint, Dominic; Rabanal, Pau - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
In this paper, we study the optimal mix of monetary and macroprudential policies in an estimated two-country model of the euro area. The model includes real, nominal and financial frictions, and hence both monetary and macroprudential policy can play a role. We find that the introduction of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790358
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Fiscal Consolidation in the Euro Area; How Much Can Structural Reforms Ease the Pain?
Anderson, Derek; Hunt, Ben; Snudden, Stephen - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
The IMF’s Global Integrated Monetary and Fiscal model (GIMF) is used to examine the scope for structural reforms in the euro area to offset the negative impact of fiscal consolidation required to put public debt back on a sustainable path. The results suggest that structural reforms in core...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242309
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Euro Area Policies; Selected Issues Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This Selected Issues paper on Euro Area Policies 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights the monetary transmission mechanism and monetary policies. The European Central Bank has announced the Outright Monetary Transactions framework to address severe distortions in sovereign bond markets and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243037
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Sovereign CDS Spreads in Europe: The Role of Global Risk Aversion, Economic Fundamentals, Liquidity, and Spillovers
Heinz, Frigyes F; Sun, Yan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
By analysing data from January 2007 to December 2012 in a panel GLS error correction framework we find that European countries’ sovereign CDS spreads are largely driven by global investor sentiment, macroeconomic fundamentals and liquidity conditions in the CDS market. But the relative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142168
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Adjustment in Euro Area Deficit Countries: Progress, Challenges, and Policies
Tressel, Thierry; Wang, Shengzu; Kang, Joong Shik; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
Imbalances within the euro area have been a defining feature of the crisis. This paper provides a critical analysis of the ongoing rebalancing of euro area “deficit economies†(Greece, Ireland, Portugal, and Spain) that accumulated large current account deficits and external liability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142227
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The Welfare Implications of Services Liberalization in a Developing Country; Evidence from Tunisia
Jouini, Nizar; Rebei, Nooman - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
We propose an integrated method based on a two-sector small open economy dynamic and stochastic general equilibrium model to estimate non-tariff barriers and quantify the impact of services liberalization. The major component of trade barriers is explicitly modeled through the introduction of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242426
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Investment in the Euro Area: Why Has It Been Weak?
Barkbu, Bergljot; Berkmen, Pelin; Lukyantsau, Pavel; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
Investment across the euro area remains below its pre-crisis level. Its performance has been weaker than in most …, corporate leverage, and uncertainty. There is a considerable cross country heterogeneity in terms of both investment dymanics … and its determinants. Based on the findings of this paper, investment is expected to pick up as the recovery strengthens …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242193