Giancarlo Corsetti, Luca Dedola, Marek Jarocinski, Bartosz Mackowiak, Sebastian Schmidt, (2017), “Business cycle stabilisation in the Eurozone: Ways forward”, VoxEU, 23 October
Business cycle stabilisation policy in the Eurozone may end up being far from optimal if member states must tighten fiscal policy amid weak economic activity while monetary policy is constrained by the lower bound on nominal interest rates. This column surveys the recent literature formulating practical lessons for the Eurozone’s ability to implement an effective monetary–fiscal policy mix.
Relevant Posts
- Campos, Nauro, Fidrmuc, Jarko, Korhoen, Iikka, (2017), «Glass half full or half empty: Reviewing the dispute about the effects of the euro on the synchronisation of business cycles», VoxEU, 26 September
- European Commission/August 2017: Economic Sentiment continues to rise in the euro area, broadly stable in the EU/30 August 2017