The run up to the euro has been characterized by soft growth especially in the largest countries of the zone. This disappointing performance is often imputed to the insufficient extent of structural reforms in labour and product markets. The ECB conduct of monetary policy, and the Stability and...

This article presents a survey of the Fiscal Theory of the Price Level. According to it, there are two stable regimes of economic policies : one, traditional, where the monetary authorities control inflation and where the fiscal authorities must be concerned with their intertemporal balance....