Euro Area Policies : Selected Issues
Release Date: © July, 2007
ISBN
: 978-1-45181-306-7
Stock #: 1EUREA2007001
English
Stock Status: On back-order
Languages and formats available
English | French | Spanish | Arabic | Russian | Chinese | Portuguese | |
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ePub | Yes | ||||||
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Description
This Selected Issues paper on Euro Area Policies reviews the integration of Europe’s financial markets and the challenges faced by the new European Union member states with respect to euro adoption. Markets in the Financial Instruments Directive are expected to become applicable in November 2007. The Directive injects new competition among financial intermediaries at all steps of a security’s transaction cycle, from the provision of investment advice to the practical execution and settlement of the transaction, and thus holds the promise to accelerate Europe’s apparently sluggish financial sector productivity growth.
Taxonomy
Capital markets , Economic cooperation , Economic policy , Euro area , Financial institutions and markets , Monetary policy , Monetary unions , Securities markets
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