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SUMMARY:Economic convergence in the Euro Area: Coming together or drifting
  apart? - Jeffrey Franks (IMF Europe)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180129T170000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180129T184500Z
UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/7f3abe3a-829b-49f8-8497-0f8f31ea4113/
DESCRIPTION:When the founding fathers of the euro embarked on the project 
 of Economic and Monetary Union\, they expected that sharing a common curre
 ncy would reduce differences in income levels across euro area countries. 
 However\, over the past two decades\, income convergence among the foundin
 g members of the euro has not happened. And although newer members of the 
 euro have narrowed their income gaps vis-à-vis the original twelve euro a
 rea countries\, this trend\, too\, has stalled since the crisis. At the sa
 me time\, track records on convergence as regards inflation and interest r
 ates and economic cycles are mixed. What does this lack of convergence mea
 n for the European project\, and what can be done to re-start convergence?
 \nSpeakers:\nJeffrey Franks (IMF Europe)
LOCATION:St Antony's College - North Site (Seminar Room\, European Studies
  Centre\, 70 Woodstock Road\, Oxford OX2 6HR)
TZID:Europe/London
URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/7f3abe3a-829b-49f8-8497-0f8f31ea4113/
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