What is the current state of sovereign credit risk across Euro zone? Does the recent fiscal crisis extend to other (non … Euro zone) countries? Is Greece the center of the problem? How did the current fiscal crisis in the Euro area start? Who is … behind it? Why can it evolve? How can it be addressed? And, is a fiscally-challenged country likely to want to leave the Euro …

This paper analyses the issues raised by EMU for the relationships between the euro area and the international … financial system. The depreciation of the euro exchange rate since the beginning of EMU has attracted most attention. The paper … that the authorities should take a more active policy stance. The paper assesses the role of the euro as an international …

The size and economic relevance of Europe may imply a new role for the EURO in the international financial markets. But … will the EURO compete with the $US and the Yen for a place in the basket of international currencies? Will that induce a … run trend of the EURO depends on the economic performance of the partner countries as well as on the properties of the new …

*The European Union will enter Stage Three of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in 1999. The development of euro … financial markets and thickness externalities in the use of the euro as means of payment will be the major factors determining … the importance of the euro as an international currency. As euro securities markets become deeper and more liquid and …

have changed considerably due to increased openness and integration requiring considering business cycles at regional …