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Unsustainable Parities: The Exchange Rate Mechanism in Turmoil

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  • Mary Davis

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An examination of ERM parities demonstrates that several currencies were misaligned due to disparate performance regarding inflation. Overvalued currencies partly explain the existence of economic imbalances, such as large fiscal and current account defecits and high unemployment. These imbalances, combined with the shocks emanating from German economic and monetary union, rendered existing parities unsustainable. The European Union does not yet satisfy the criteria for an optimal currency area; labour is immobile, fiscal federalism is absent, asymmetric shocks are still possible. A European Monetary Union will not be possible until economic convergence is a reality rather than an aspiration.

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  • Mary Davis, 1994. "Unsustainable Parities: The Exchange Rate Mechanism in Turmoil," Economics Policy Papers 943, Trinity College Dublin, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:tcd:tcduep:943
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    • F33 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions

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