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full employment and low inflation in the euro area. We conclude that the institutional and policy arrangements surrounding … the EMU and the euro are neither adequate for dealing with today's problems of unemployment and inflation nor promising …
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In this paper, the author aims to question the assumptions underlying the economic case for the independent European Central Bank (ECB) and argues that although a European Clearing Agency (ECA) of the type Keynes envisaged for the international economy is not a panacea for the economic problems...
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This paper examines two issues. First, we compare, based on the ratio of output-gap variability to inflation … the introduction of an implicit inflation-targeting by the EMU member countries after the Maastricht Treaty changed the … trade-off between inflation variability and output-gap variability. We employ a stochastic volatility model for the whole …
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-gap variability and the inflation variability variables are incorporated into the determination of the monetary policy preferences of … the stabilization of output-gap variability and inflation variability …
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This brief provides a detailed description of the Stability and Growth Pact, an agreement entered into by the member states of the European Union that has far-reaching implications for the long-run value of the euro, and therefore, on the real economy in terms of output growth and employment....
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