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The Financial Crisis and Policy Responses in Europe (2007–2018)

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  • Francesco Paolo Mongelli

    () (European Central Bank)

  • Gonzalo Camba-Mendez

    (European Central Bank)

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Abstract In Europe, the financial crisis has gone through several phases of varying complexity before abating in mid-2014. It started with the Financial Turmoil in August 2007, followed by the Global Financial Crisis in September 2008, and the Great Recession in 2009–2010. These events exacerbated imbalances that had been building-up in the euro area. Then, in early 2010 the Sovereign Debt Crisis of the euro area was triggered by unsustainable finances in some countries and overstretched banks. The euro area was then confronted with financial fragmentation, impaired monetary policy transmission, and threats to financial stability. The acute phase of the euro area crisis was followed by weak growth, a second recession, and thereafter a protracted period of disinflation. As the crisis mutated, monetary policy had to respond to ever new challenges. The policy toolkit of the ECB has thus expanded. This paper explains the events as they unfolded against the backdrop of a changing institutional framework, and governance reforms. There is no encompassing study of such an exceptional period. Our paper is the first to bring together the various policy strands. Policy responses are working and have supported a steady recovery of the economy since mid-2014 and changes in its governance.

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  • Francesco Paolo Mongelli & Gonzalo Camba-Mendez, 2018. "The Financial Crisis and Policy Responses in Europe (2007–2018)," Comparative Economic Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Association for Comparative Economic Studies, vol. 60(4), pages 531-558, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:compes:v:60:y:2018:i:4:d:10.1057_s41294-018-0074-4
    DOI: 10.1057/s41294-018-0074-4
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    Keywords

    ECB monetary policy; Euro area; Global financial crisis; Monetary policy transmission; Credit easing; Quantitative easing; Non-standard measures; Financial fragmentation; Financial stability;

    JEL classification:

    • C32 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes; State Space Models
    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • G1 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets
    • G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services

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