Economic Survey of the Euro Area 2009: Key Challenges

The onset of recession amid tumbling inflation and continued financial market turmoil is posing considerable challenges for macroeconomic policy and ECB financial market operations.

Economic Survey of the Euro Area 2009: Fiscal Policy

The economic downturn and the financial turmoil are intensifying fiscal pressures. In the longer-term, progress towards fiscal sustainability and improving the quality of the public finances remain priorities.

Economic Survey of the Euro Area 2009: Financial integration, innovation and the monetary policy transmission mechanism

Financial innovation and market integration have deepened linkages between euro area markets and institutions, possibly affecting the speed and channels of area-wide monetary policy transmission.

Policy Brief: Economic Survey of the Euro Area, 2009

After a sustained period of good macroeconomic performance, new challenges have emerged for the euro area economy. Output growth moderated through 2007 and continued to lose momentum through 2008, with GDP declining in both the second and third quarters of the year. The slowdown has been compounded by the international financial market turmoil that began in August 2007 and intensified in September 2008. World economic activity has

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