Monetary and Fiscal Policies in EMU
Subtitle: Interactions and Coordination
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 8, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780521832151
Subjects: European studies; International economics; Monetary economics; European Union countries; Economic and Monetary Union; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; EU (European Union); Europe; Fiscal policy; Economics - Macroeconomics; Business & Economics / Macroeconomics; Economics - General; Monetary policy
First sentence: The European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) is unique: it is a currency area of sovereign countries each retaining a large degree of fiscal autonomy, with a single monetary authority managing monetary policy for the whole zone.