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L'Union Économique et Monétaire : un nouveau contexte pour la politique économique

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  • Jean Bensaïd
  • Nicolas Ponty

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[eng] The Economic and Monetary Union: A New Context for Economic Policy - The completion of the Economic and Monetary Union will irrevocably set the par value of the European currencies while freeing capital flow and integrating financial markets. The EMU should then boost exchanges within the Community and lead to an adjustment toward the lower inflation and interest rates, thus promoting investment and growth. . But this new step in the building of Europe will mark the disappearance of an important tool of economic policy: the adjustment of exchange rates. In such a situation, maintaining strong wage inelasticity will be costly in terms of employment. However, the efficiency of budgetary policy should be reinforced by it, even if its use is limited by the constraints of the state's cretit rating. [fre] L'achèvement de l'Union Economique et Monétaire fixera de manière irréversible les parités des monnaies européennes tout en libérant les mouvements de capitaux et en intégrant les marchés financiers. L'UEM devrait alors stimuler les échanges intra-communautaires et conduire à un alignement par le bas des taux d'inflation et des taux d'intérêt, favorisant ainsi l'investissement et la croissance. . Mais cette nouvelle étape de la construction européenne . marquera la disparition d'un instrument important de la . politique économique : les ajustements des taux de . change. Dans une telle situation, le maintien d'une forte rigidité salariale sera coûteuse en termes d'activité et d'emploi. Cependant, l'efficacité de la politique budgétaire devrait s'en trouver renforcée, même si son utilisation sera limitée par la contrainte de solvabilité de l'Etat. [spa] La Union Econômica y Monetaria: un nuevo contexto para la politica econômica - La fase final de la Union Económica y Monetaria fijará de manera irreversible las paridades de las monedas europeas al liberar los movimientos de capitales y al integrar los mercado financieros. La UEM debería estimular los intercambios intracomunitarios y conducir a un alineamiento, por la base, de las tasas de inflación y de interés, favoreciendo de este modo la inversión y el crecimiento. . Pero esta nueva etapa de la construcción europea conllevará la desaparición de un instrumento importante de la política económica: los ajustes de las tasas de cambio. En tal situation, el mantenimiento de una fuerte rigidez salarial sera costoso en términos de actividad y de empleo. Sin embargo, la eficacidad de la política presupuestaria debería reforzarse, incluso si su utilizatción se verá limitada por las exigencias de solvencia del Estado.

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  • Jean Bensaïd & Nicolas Ponty, 1991. "L'Union Économique et Monétaire : un nouveau contexte pour la politique économique," Économie et Statistique, Programme National Persée, vol. 243(1), pages 43-52.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:ecstat:estat_0336-1454_1991_num_243_1_5574
    DOI: 10.3406/estat.1991.5574
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