This paper analyses the impact of using different macroeconomic variables and output decompositions to estimate the euro area output gap. We estimate twelve multivariate unobserved components models with phase shifts being allowed between individual cyclical components. As output decomposition...

[fre] Cet article donne un éclairage sur les conditions d’optimalité de la politique monétaire commune dans le cadre l’Union économique et monétaire européenne (UEM), en évaluant le degré de synchronisation des cycles économiques entre les différents Etats-membres. Les...

This paper offers an insight into the optimality of the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and its common monetary policy by evaluating the degree of business cycle synchronisation among EMU member states. Business cycle turning points for each country are identified from multivariate...