IMF Staff Country Reports

Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies of the Euro Area

April 3, 2000

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Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies of the Euro Area, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2000) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

The economic conditions in the euro area have brightened. Executive Directors commended the policy stance of the European Central Bank. They noted that the exchange rate developments of the euro failed to strengthen the euro area economy, and stressed the need for fiscal discipline, structural reforms, and wage moderation at the national level to maintain price stability in the medium term. They emphasized the need for deeper integration of European Union financial markets, development of risk capital, and improvement of the quality and sustainability of public finances.

Subject: Employment, Inflation, Labor, Labor markets, Price stabilization, Prices, Unemployment

Keywords: Commodity price rise, Country, CR, ECB note, Employment, Euro, Europe, Firm foundation, Global, Headline inflation, Inflation, ISCR, Labor markets, Price stability, Price stabilization

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    47

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2000/046

  • Stock No:

    1EUREA0012000

  • ISBN:

    9781451812862

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685

Notes

Included with the Staff Report are the text of Public Information Notice No. 00/26 and a state ment by Joao Santos on March 15, 2000.