The trilemma of a monetary union: another impossible trinity
Intereconomics. Review of European Economic Policy
2012
47
January - February
39-43
EMU ; EU policy ; monetary policy
EMU and International monetary system
English
"A monetary union among autonomous countries cannot simultaneously maintain an independent monetary policy, national fiscal sovereignty and a no-bailout clause. These three features make up an impossible trinity, and attempts to preserve all three concurrently will ultimately end in failure. In order to save EMU, one of these three must be abandoned."
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