The Real Effects of Monetary Policy in the European Union: What Are the Differences?

Ramana Ramaswamy and Torsten Sløk
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Ramana Ramaswamy: International Monetary Fund
Torsten Sløk: International Monetary Fund

IMF Staff Papers, 1998, vol. 45, issue 2, 374-396

Abstract: The main finding of this paper is that the European Union (EU) countries fall into two broad groups according to the effects of monetary policy adjustments on economic activity. Estimates based on a vector autoregression model indicate that the full effects of a contractionary monetary shock on output in one group of EU countries (Austria, Belgium, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom) take roughly twice as long to occur, but are almost twice as deep as in the other group (Denmark, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden). The paper discusses the implications of these results for the effective conduct of monetary policy in the euro area.

JEL-codes: E5 E52 E58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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