In the five years since the Leaders of the Group of Twenty (G20) first met, the G20 has become the premier forum for global economic policy coordination. The question is whether the G20 can maintain and even strengthen its role in the future and how it can achieve this. This Economic Brief...

This article analyses the role played by the European Union in the G20 Finance Ministerial and Central Bank Governors process, the so-called "G20 finance track". Thanks to its experience in the coordination of economic policies and its important economic weight, the EU has been able to add...

In the wake of monetary integration in Europe, Austria abandoned the tested hard currency policy (HCP) for joining EMU as a member. The final target of monetary policy and real sector adjustment needs are similar in both regimes, and the HCP may therefore be viewed as a convenient "training...