Euro Area Policies: Selected Issues

August 2, 2006

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Euro Area Policies: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2006) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

The paper discusses the purpose, properties, and theoretical foundations of various indicators of inflation and also describes the forecasting methodology and performance of these indicators. It reviews the successful European labor market reform experiences and analyzes regulatory and supervisory frameworks in the European Union (EU), and assessments carried out under the IMF-World Bank Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP). It also investigates whether the cross-country correlation of bank business in Europe makes a good case for pan-European supervision.

Subject: Banking, Employment, Financial Sector Assessment Program, Financial sector policy and analysis, Inflation, Labor, Labor supply, Labor taxes, Prices, Taxes

Keywords: Balance sheet, Central and Eastern Europe, CR, Employment, EU country, EU directive, Europe, Financial Sector Assessment Program, Government wage bill, Inflation, ISCR, Labor supply, Labor taxes, Product market, Underlying inflation, Wage, Wage moderation

Publication Details

Pages:

138
Volume:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2006/288
Stock No:

1EUREA2006002
ISBN:

9781451813050
ISSN:

1934-7685

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