Economic policies in the Euro Area after the Crisis. Introduction

Catherine Mathieu (1)

1 OFCE - Observatoire français des conjonctures économiques (Sciences Po)

In 2019, 20 years after the launch of the single currency, the euro area policy framework remains highly debated among politicians, academics,and citizens. The need to improve this framework had been highlighted by the widening of imbalances prior to the 2007 financial crisis, and afterwards by the huge impact of the financial crisis, the sovereign debt crisis in Southern European countries, and the Great Recession. The issues under debate may be divided into four main axes.

Keywords: Euro area governance; Fiscal rules; Bank stability

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Economics and Finance

Catherine Mathieu. Economic policies in the Euro Area after the Crisis. Introduction. Revue de l'OFCE, 2019, Economic Policies in the Euro Area after the Crisis, HS (Supp. 2), pp.5-10. ⟨10.3917/reof.hs02.0005⟩. ⟨hal-03403549⟩