governments in the euro area enacted or announced numerous economic policy measures to counteract the severe economic consequences …

public debt ratios, the Euro Area could be left with long-lasting scars, so its situation requires special treatment …

The euro area crisis is the main external factor threatening the Swiss economy. In 2010 and 2011, the Swiss franc was … rapidly appreciating against the euro, causing a drop in exports, losses for the tourism business and a rise in unemployment …. This paper gives an overview of developments in the euro area and explains the reasons for the strength of the franc, the …

The European Central Bank (ECB) took many measures to combat the eurozone's rolling financial crisis. For providing … desperately scarce dollars to eurozone banks, the ECB relied on the U.S. Federal Reserve. Using a novel econometric framework, we … October 2009 and September 2012, the most intense phase of the eurozone crisis. Dollar liquidity clearly reduced stress in …