Euro Area Policies: Selected Issues (IMF Country Report No. 04/235)
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This Selected Issues paper for Euro Area Policies, was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with officials at EU institutions in the context of the Article IV consultations with countries forming the euro area. It is based on the information available at the time it was completed on July 8, 2004. The views expressed in this document are those of the staff team and do not necessarily reflect the views of the governments of the euro area or the Executive Board of the IMF.
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تاریخ انتشار 2004