Monetary Integration, Inflation Convergence and Output Shocks in the European Monetary System

Jilleen R Westbrook

Economic Inquiry, 1998, vol. 36, issue 1, 138-44

Abstract: Studies on monetary convergence in Europe have reached mixed conclusions, raising questions about whether the European Monetary System failed to expedite convergence or whether convergence requires redefining. A definition of convergence is explored that conditions monetary policy on factors affecting real exchange rates. Inflation rates have converged, while unconditional monetary policies have not. Once conditioning factors are considered, much of the gap between inflation and monetary convergence is explained. Differences in output trends do not explain the gap, while velocity variability does. Copyright 1998 by Oxford University Press.

Date: 1998
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