Stage Three of the European Monetary Union (EMU) will start on January 1, 1999. The new currency area, for which the name "Euroland" has been coined, will comprise 11 countries: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. The...

The decision on EMU strongly affects the course of monetary and fiscal policies in 1997 and especially in 1998. We assume that the monetary union will start in January 1, 1999 with a sizable number of participating countries. Once the decision on the members is made in the spring of 1998, any...

The cyclical situation at the beginning of the European Monetary Union (EMU) is favorable: The upswing in Euroland has firmed, unemployment is going down, and inflation is low. However, economic growth outside the new currency area has weakened significantly during 1998, and fears are mounting...

Since the fall of last year, EMU countries have experienced a slowdown in economic activity triggered by a deceleration of exports. The expansion of internal demand has been more or less intact due to low interest rates and higher terms of trade. Consumer confidence has continued to rise and...

Wie sollte der ins Stocken gekommene Konjunkturmotor wieder in Gang gebracht werden? Dr. Gustav Adolf Horn, DIW Berlin, stellt in seinem Beitrag die Empfehlung der Mehrheit der Forschungsinstitute bei der Gemeinschaftsdiagnose vor, die sich für das Vorziehen der nächsten Stufe der Steuerreform...

Die durch die Finanzmarktkrise ausgelösten Probleme greifen derzeit rasch auf die realwirtschaftliche Ebene über. Wie verhalten sich Finanz- und Konjunkturkrise zueinander? Kann und sollte man die drohende Rezession jetzt mit Mitteln der Wirtschaftspolitik bekämpfen? Welche Instrumente sind...