The age of the euro has cast central banks in a newly prominent role in European integration and in macro …-economic policy making in Europe. This text examines the effects of the euro as the new European single currency on the central banks …

political issues: an accesible guide.This history and analysis of the euro and the European Central Bank traces the process of … making of European monetary unification since 1979, offers an accessible guide to the euro and the European Central Bank for … policy, monetary policy, the euro as unifier in the financial system, the payment system, the euro as an international actor …