The rise of Asia, and China specifically, is the single most important force reshaping the world economy at the beginning of the 21st century. From a low of 20 per cent in 1950, Asia's share of global GDP has now risen to 33 per cent and will exceed 40 per cent within a generation if current...

Much has been written about EMU, mostly concerning its desirability and whether it will ever come to exist. Now it is here, and likely to stay. The 'next generation' of research on EMU is already under way, and this volume presents a significant sample of that research. The authors explore...

This book looks at East Asia's monetary and financial integration from both Asian and European perspectives. It analyses the Euro area's framework for monetary policy implementation, introduced in 1999. It reviews the efforts to foster regional monetary and financial integration and relates them...

Macroeconomics provides a comprehensive analsysis of contemporary macroeconomics. It analyses different theoretical approaches and contextualises theory with up-to-date monetary policy examples. These fully reflect the fall out from the global financial crisis. This text explains the modern...

Macroeconomics provides a solid foundation in contemporary macroeconomics, analysing different theoretical approaches and contextualising the theory with up to date monetary policy examples. The policy examples have been updated throughout to ensure that the reader can relate the economic...