LEADER 04015oam 22010334 450 001 9910788699803321 005 20230828235657.0 010 $a1-4623-6695-3 010 $a1-4527-0877-0 010 $a1-283-51669-1 010 $a9786613829146 010 $a1-4519-0920-9 035 $a(CKB)3360000000443840 035 $a(EBL)3014486 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000939909 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11489726 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000939909 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10946528 035 $a(PQKB)10430907 035 $a(OCoLC)694141167 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3014486 035 $a(IMF)WPIEE2006154 035 $a(EXLCZ)993360000000443840 100 $a20020129d2006 uf 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Maastricht Inflation Criterion : $eHow Unpleasant Is Purgatory? /$fAles Bulir, Jaromír Hurník 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cInternational Monetary Fund,$d2006. 215 $a1 online resource (43 p.) 225 1 $aIMF Working Papers 300 $a"June 2006." 311 $a1-4518-6414-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $a""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. INFLATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION""; ""III. HOW COSTLY CAN DISINFLATION BE AND WHY?""; ""IV. POLICY IMPLICATIONS""; ""V. CONCLUSIONS""; ""References"" 330 3 $aThe Maastricht inflation criterion, designed in the early 1990s to bring "high-inflation" EU countries in line with "low-inflation" countries prior to the introduction of the euro, poses challenges for both new EU member countries and the European Central Bank. While the criterion has positively influenced the public stance toward low inflation, it has biased the choice of the disinflation strategy toward short-run, fiat measures-rather than adopting structural reforms with longer-term benefits-with unpleasant consequences for the efficiency of the eurozone transmission mechanism. The criterion is also unnecessarily tight for new member countries as it mainly reflects cyclical developments. 410 0$aIMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;$vNo. 2006/154 606 $aDeflation (Finance)$zEuropean Union countries 606 $aInflation (Finance)$zEuropean Union countries 606 $aForeign Exchange$2imf 606 $aInflation$2imf 606 $aMacroeconomics$2imf 606 $aProduction and Operations Management$2imf 606 $aPrice Level$2imf 606 $aDeflation$2imf 606 $aMacroeconomics: Production$2imf 606 $aInstitutions and the Macroeconomy$2imf 606 $aCurrency$2imf 606 $aForeign exchange$2imf 606 $aDisinflation$2imf 606 $aOutput gap$2imf 606 $aExchange rates$2imf 606 $aStructural reforms$2imf 606 $aPrices$2imf 606 $aProduction$2imf 606 $aEconomic theory$2imf 607 $aEuropean Union countries$xEconomic conditions 607 $aEuropean Union countries$xEconomic policy 607 $aHungary$2imf 615 0$aDeflation (Finance) 615 0$aInflation (Finance) 615 7$aForeign Exchange 615 7$aInflation 615 7$aMacroeconomics 615 7$aProduction and Operations Management 615 7$aPrice Level 615 7$aDeflation 615 7$aMacroeconomics: Production 615 7$aInstitutions and the Macroeconomy 615 7$aCurrency 615 7$aForeign exchange 615 7$aDisinflation 615 7$aOutput gap 615 7$aExchange rates 615 7$aStructural reforms 615 7$aPrices 615 7$aProduction 615 7$aEconomic theory 700 $aBulir$b Ales$0862712 701 $aHurník$b Jaromír$01464143 712 02$aIMF Institute. 712 02$aInternational Monetary Fund. 801 0$bDcWaIMF 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788699803321 996 $aThe Maastricht Inflation Criterion$93673706 997 $aUNINA