Die Corona-Krise hat die Weltwirtschaft in eine tiefe Rezession gestürzt. Im ersten Halbjahr 2020 ist die globale Wirtschaftsaktivität stark geschrumpft. Im Prognosezeitraum dürfte die weltwirtschaftliche Produktion mit Unterstützung der Geld- und Fiskalpolitik wieder spürbar ausgeweitet...

Using a modified version of the model presented by Belke and Gros (2007), we analyze the stability of adjustment in a currency union. Using econometric estimates for parameter values we check the stability conditions for the 11 original EMU countries and Greece. We found significant instability...

Using a modified version of the model presented by Belke and Gros (2007), we analyze the stability of adjustment in a currency union. Using econometric estimates for parameter values we check the stability conditions for the 11 original EMU countries and Greece. We found significant instability...

This paper compares relative unit labour cost developments in the countries of the euro-area since the beginning of the European Monetary Union (EMU) both with historical developments and with intra-regional unit labour cost developments in the United States of America and Germany. To this end,...