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Is the Eurozone not a monetary union, but an extraordinary exchange rate union?
Sauer, Beate; Sell, Friedrich L. - 2013
The Target imbalances within the Eurozone can be interpreted as a sign of a missing balance of payments adjustment … mechanism for the member countries. As the Eurozone lacks a fiscal union, in economic theory it is more an exchange rate union … payments, but only one for the whole Eurozone. This paper will show why the Target System is a crucial indicator for the …
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Money in finance
Wray, L. Randall - 2011
This paper begins by defining, and distinguishing between, money and finance, and addresses alternative ways of financing spending. We next examine the role played by financial institutions (e.g., banks) in the provision of finance. The role of government as both regulator of private...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008906555
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Money in Finance
Wray, L. Randall - 2011
This paper begins by defining, and distinguishing between, money and finance, and addresses alternative ways of financing spending. We next examine the role played by financial institutions (e.g., banks) in the provision of finance. The role of government as both regulator of private...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128521
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Causes of the outbreak of the Eurozone crisis : the role of the USA and the European Central Bank monetary policy
Białek, Natalia - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 11 (2015) 2, pp. 47-63
This paper argues that the loose monetary policy of two of the world’s most important financial institutions-the US Federal Reserve Board and the European Central Bank-were ultimately responsible for the outburst of global financial crisis of 2008 - 09. Unusually low interest rates in 2001 -...
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Implementation of Fiscal and Monetary Policy During the COVID-19 Crisis
Savalanli, Emil - 2021
Following the emergence of the global pandemic caused by COVID-19, governments have begun the process of stabilizing the shocks caused by the pandemic through macroeconomic policy id Est through fiscal policy and monetary policy. That is why it is a modern, new, and relevant topic for study....
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How Loose, How Tight? A Measure of Monetary and Fiscal Stance for the Euro Area
Batini, Nicoletta - 2020
This paper builds a model-based dynamic monetary and fiscal conditions index (DMFCI) and uses it to examine the evolution of the joint stance of monetary and fiscal policies in the euro area (EA) and in its three largest member countries over the period 2007-2018. The index is based on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012828229
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The ECB's fiscal policy
Sinn, Hans-Werner - 2018
While the ECB helped mitigate the euro crisis in the aftermath of Lehman, it has stretched its monetary mandate and moved into fiscal territory. This text describes and summarises the crucial role played by the ECB in the intervention spiral resulting from its bid to manage the crisis. It also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011845207
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The Monetary Transmission Mechanism in the Euro Area : Has It Changed with the EMU? A VAR Approach, with Fiscal Policy and Financial Stress Considerations
Afonso, António - 2014
We study whether the adoption of the Euro and a single monetary policy have brought about a change in the monetary transmission mechanism and between the interactions of monetary policy, fiscal policy and financial stress in the Euro area. We find that the stylized facts of monetary transmission...
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Fiscal Divergence, Current Account and TARGET2 Imbalances in the EMU
Abad, Jose - 2012
The paper scrutinizes the reasons for the European debt crisis, the implications for TARGET2 imbalances and options for surplus liquidity absorption within an asymmetric EMU. It is argued that starting from the turn of the millennium diverging fiscal policy paths and diverging unit labor costs...
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