OECD Economic Surveys: Euro Area 2010
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OECD Economic Surveys: Euro Area 2010

The 2010 edition of OECD's periodic review of the Euro area economy.  This edition includes chapters covering exiting from the crisis, resolving unsustainable imbalances, rebuilding public finances and fiscal discipline and minimising risks from imbalances in European banking.
Publication Date :
13 Dec 2010
DOI :
10.1787/eco_surveys-euz-2010-en
 
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Exiting from the crisis You do not have access to this content

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OECD
Pages :
19–44
DOI :
10.1787/eco_surveys-euz-2010-4-en

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The euro area has experienced a financial crisis and severe recession, alongside other OECD economies, followed by a sovereign debt crisis in some euro area countries. The end of the global asset price and credit booms led to weaknesses in the financial sector that started to appear in 2007. This intensified in September 2008, following the failure of Lehman Brothers, leading to a full-blown financial crisis and a dramatic contraction of private demand and world trade. Considerable policy stimulus has helped to stabilise the economy through a rapid easing of monetary conditions, supportive fiscal policy and large-scale government support to the financial system.
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