The Euro After Its First Decade: Weathering the Financial Storm and Enlarging the Euro Area

Klaus Regling, Servaas Deroose, Reinhard Felke and Paul Kutos
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Klaus Regling: Asian Development Bank Institute
Servaas Deroose: Asian Development Bank Institute
Reinhard Felke: Asian Development Bank Institute
Paul Kutos: Asian Development Bank Institute

No 205, ADBI Working Papers from Asian Development Bank Institute

Abstract: The first decade of economic and monetary union in Europe (EMU) has been a huge success. EMU has significantly benefited its member countries and accelerated the European integration process. Imbalances within EMU-differences in growth, inflation, competitiveness, current account and budget balances-have, however, increased in the last 10 years and, with their economic implications, have become more evident in the global economic crisis. The euro has served as a shield during the crisis, and arguments that the crisis would lead to a breakup of the monetary union are neither new nor convincing. But there are lessons to be learned. Policies should be better coordinated among EMU members and structural reforms accelerated, the framework for the supervision of financial markets strengthened, and external representation streamlined. The crisis has also made the euro more attractive, and most EU countries that are not yet members of EMU are expected to join during the next decade.

Keywords: european monetary union; first decade; enlarging euro area; financial storm (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E60 F15 F30 F42 G01 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 pages
Date: 2010-03-15
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