The IMF’s role in the euro-area crisis: financial sector aspects. Bruegel Policy Contribution Issue n˚13 | 2016

Véron, Nicolas. (2016) The IMF’s role in the euro-area crisis: financial sector aspects. Bruegel Policy Contribution Issue n˚13 | 2016. [Policy Paper]

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Abstract

Nicolas Véron reviews in-depth the role played by the IMF in understanding the financial-sector dynamics of the euro-area crisis. The IMF was the first public authority to acknowledge the role of the bank-sovereign vicious circle and to articulate a clear vision of banking union as an essential policy response. At national level, the IMF’s approach to the financial sector was appropriate and successful in Ireland and Spain, more limited in the Greek Stand-By Arrangement, and less compelling in Portugal.

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