ECB Monthly Bulletin | July 2000

Summary:

The Monthly Bulletin was published from January 1999 to December 2014. The Monthly Bulletin was published one week after each monetary policy meeting of the ECB's Governing Council. It explained the monetary policy decision and provided a detailed analysis of the current economic situation and risks to price stability.

Table of Contents:

• Editorial
• Economic developments in the euro area
  • Monetary and financial developments
  • Price developments
  • Output, demand and labour market developments
  • Exchange rate and balance of payments developments
  • Boxes:
    • Monetary policy operations and liquidity conditions in the reserve maintenance period ending on 23 June 2000
    • The construction sector in the euro area
    • The Broad Economic Policy Guidelines 2000
• The switch to variable rate tenders in the main refinancing operations
• Monetary policy transmission in the euro area
• Population ageing and fiscal policy in the euro area
• Euro area statistics
• Chronology of monetary policy measures of the Eurosystem
• Documents published by the European Central Bank (ECB)