During the euro-area crisis, interest rate spreads between the sovereign debt of peripheral countries and Germany widened

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During the euro-area crisis, interest rate spreads between the sovereign debt of peripheral countries and Germany widened most sharply when it was feared that one or more countries might leave the euro area. These spreads narrowed when ECB actions restored confidence in the monetary union. What accounts for this pattern?

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Money Banking And Financial Markets

ISBN: 9781260226782

6th Edition

Authors: Stephen Cecchetti, Kermit Schoenholtz

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