01960cas a2200289 a 4500 AALejournalIMF022822 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 20.00 USD 9781451812978 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Euro Area : Staff Report on the Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies of the Euro Area; Supplement Updating Information on Economic and Financial Developments in the Euro Area; Public Information Notice Following Consultation; Statement by the Executive Director on Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies of the Euro Area. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2001. 1 online resource (63 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students A series of adverse supply and demand shocks have brought the euro area's three-year expansion to a virtual standstill. Buoyant labor markets, which have been the hallmark of the recovery since 1997, have succumbed only gradually to the slowing of output growth. The slowdown has been pervasive throughout the area, albeit unevenly and with different cyclical implications. Recent travails notwithstanding, the second half of the 1990s saw a significant improvement in the macroeconomic performance of the euro area. Mode of access: Internet Deflation imf Fiscal Policy imf Inflation imf Price Level imf IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2001/200 Full text available on IMF https://elibrary.imf.org/openurl?genre=journal&issn=1934-7685&volume=2001&issue=200 IMF e-Library