EMU reform and the ‘new normal’ for monetary policy

Hĺbková analýza 29-11-2018

The European Central Bank may already be facing the next crisis in the euro area but is still deploying the tools of unconventional monetary policy from the last crisis. This brief looks at the ECB as an institution amongst institutions and shows how even more unconventional approaches will not help the euro area economy. Additionally, given the complexity of money and the effects of expectations, expanding the ECB’s unconventional arsenal is likely to have deleterious consequences across Europe. This document was provided by Policy Department A at the request of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.