Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies of the Euro Area: The Euro Area Stability Programs
IMF Staff Country Reports, May 11, 2000
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Bibliographic details
- Published: May 11, 2000
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451812916.002
Overview and Scope
- Publication date: May 11, 2000
- Type: IMF Staff Country Reports
- Purpose: Describes the monetary and exchange rate policies of the euro area and the euro area stability programs, and provides a preliminary review of the Stability Programs (SPs).
- Core focus: The Stability and Growth Pact’s annual stability programs (SPs), which outline the medium-term fiscal objectives.
Key Findings and Analytical Focus
- The paper:
- Provides a preliminary review of the SPs.
- Assesses previous fiscal developments.
- Analyzes medium-term prospects implied by the new SPs.
- Describes the revised stability program.
- Examines past and prospective fiscal adjustment in the euro area as a whole and at the disaggregated level.
Subject Areas and Keywords
- Subject: Debt reduction, Expenditure, Fiscal consolidation, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Public debt
- Keywords: aggregate debt-to-GDP ratio, area country, CR, debt, debt ratio, deficit, euro, Euro area, Fiscal consolidation, Fiscal stance, ISCR, ratio, reduction target, revenue ratio, stability program
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- Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies of the Euro Area - The Euro Area Stability Programs - ISCR/00/63