German reforms did not create eurozone imbalances, paper finds

German model illustrates the positive effect of structural labour reforms between 1999 and 2008

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Deutsche Bundesbank

The Germany economy benefited from structural reforms between 1999 and 2008, but "most importantly" so did the eurozone more widely, according to a discussion paper published by the Deutsche Bundesbank.

German Labor Market and Fiscal reforms 1999–2008: can they be blamed for intra-euro area imbalances, by Niklas Gadatsch, Nikolai Stähler and Benjamin Weigert, assess the impact of reforms, asking whether they are responsible for macroeconomic imbalances in the eurozone.

Their two-country monetary

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