The first decade of economic and monetary union in Europe (EMU) has been a huge success. EMU has significantly benefited its member countries and accelerated the European integration process. Imbalances within EMU — differences in growth, inflation, competitiveness, current account and budget...

The euro will strengthen macroeconomic stability in Cyprus, ensuring low inflation and low interest rates that are a pre-condition for long-term economic prosperity. The single currency brings stable prices for citizens and more opportunities for businesses. Moreover, being part of the single...

The factsheets provide an overview of the state of preparations for the changeover of public administrations to the euro as at September 2001. They update the previous factsheets dating from 1998 and outline the progress made since.

The Commission has published a report on the experience of EMU so far. The report provides a factual overview of events in four important areas. The first part presents an assessment of the macro-economic performance of the euro-area economy during the past two years. It also discusses...

On 6 June an audience of 450 drawn from small firms organisations, banks, trade associations and other communication multipliers attended “Enterprises 2002” to reflect on the practical impact for enterprises of the end of the transition period on 31 December 2001. This conference had been...

This note is a synthesis of the various studies existing on the development of the use of the euro by the customers, the businesses and the public administrations in the Member States participating to the EMU. It also presents the results of a regular survey of the Commission among European...

This review brings together the results of the various studies on the use of the euro in the Member States participating in economic and monetary union and sets out the results of a Commission banking survey into the extent to which the euro is used in preparingaccounts and for payments by bank...

This review brings together the results of the various studies on the use of the euro in the Member States participating in economic and monetary union and sets out the results of a quarterly Commission banking survey into the extent to which the euro is used in the accounts and payments of bank...