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Exploring differences in household debt across euro area countries and the United States

Christelis, Dimitris; Ehrmann, Michael; Georgarakos, … - 2015

We use internationally comparable household-level data for ten euro area economies and the United States to investigate cross-country differences in debt holdings and the potential of debt overhang. U.S. households have the highest prevalence of both collateralized and non-collateralized debt,...

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Analysis of revisions to general economic statistics

Branchi, Mariagnese; Dieden, Christian; Haine, Wim; … - 2007

The preparations for the introduction of the euro in 1999 involved the need for a new set of statistics for the euro area. Since then, significant progress has been made with regard to the coverage, timeliness and accuracy of these statistics. The reliability of the first releases – i.e. their...

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Analysis of revisions to general economic statistics

Branchi, Mariagnese; Dieden, Christian Heinz; Haine, Wim; … - 2007

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ECB Consumer Expectations Survey : an overview and first evaluation

Bańkowska, Katarzyna; Borlescu, Ana Maria; … - 2021

The Consumer Expectations Survey (CES) is an important new tool for analysing euro area household economic behaviour and expectations. This new survey covers a range of important topical areas including consumption and income, inflation and gross domestic product (GDP) growth, the labour market,...

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Analysis of Revisions to General Economic Statistics

Branchi, Mariagnese - 2007

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Analysis of revisions to general economic statistics

Branchi, Mariagnese; Dieden, Heinz Christian; Haine, Wim; … - 2007

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Did the Euro Harm the Greek Economy?

Reid, L. Jan - 2022

Beginning in 1992, Greece’s economy was at least partially managed consistent with European Union (EU) membership. Greece joined the EU on January 1, 2001, adopting the Euro at a conversion rate of 340.75 Drachmas per Euro. From 1995-2000, Greece had 3.2% average GDP growth, 5.5% consumer...

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The interest rate exposure of euro area households

Tzamourani, Panagiota - 2019

We estimate the "unhedged interest rate exposure" (URE) of euro area households. The URE is a welfare metric that captures the extent to which households are exposed to changes in real interest rates, and reflects the direct gains and losses in interest income flows incurred by households after...

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Digitalisation : channels, impacts and implications for monetary policy in the euro area

2021

the implications of digitalisation for measurement, productivity, labour markets and inflation, as well as more recent …, aggregate productivity growth has decreased in most advanced economies since the 1970s. However, it is likely that without the … spread of digital technologies the productivity slowdown would have been even more pronounced, and the recent acceleration in …

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Household risk management and actual mortgage choice in the euro area

Ehrmann, Michael; Ziegelmeyer, Michael - 2014

Mortgages constitute the largest part of household debt. An essential choice when taking out a mortgage is between fixed-interest-rate mortgages (FRMs) and adjustable-interest-rate mortgages (ARMs). However, so far, no comprehensive cross-country study has analyzed what determines household...

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