in the euro area. First, it establishes some stylised facts concerning key variables in the housing market, such as the … clearcut for housing demand shocks. We also find that credit supply shocks matter more in the euro area. …

We study the convergence of European bond markets and the anchoring of inflation expectations in euro area countries …) has led to substantial convergence in euro area sovereign bond markets in terms of interest rate levels, unconditional … substantially across euro area countries and even been eliminated over time, thus underlining not only market integration but also …

for the euro area. The model incorporates various other features such as habit formation, costs of adjustment in capital … in the euro area. Using the estimated model, the paper also analyses the output (real interest rate) gap, defined as the …

developments in the euro area since the start of EMU. …

money in forecasting euro-area inflation. We compare the predictive performance within and among various classes of …

The paper provides an analysis of the euro area money and bond markets and their infrastructure since the introduction … of the euro. Significant development in terms of integration took place in both markets in general to a various degree … but apply more generally to euro securities infrastructure, identifies fields where further action is required. This …

. It finds that political mishandling has increased uncertainty, which has contributed to a tendency for the euro to become …