ECB Monthly Bulletin | August 2002

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 July 2002
  • Private sector expectations for inflation and economic activity in the euro area: the results of the 2002 Q3 Survey of Professional Forecasters and other available indicators
  • Developments in euro area labour productivity
  • Merger and acquisition activity and the composition of the financial account of the euro area balance of payments
• Price level convergence and competition in the euro area
• Recent developments and risks in the euro area banking sector
• Saving, financing and investment in the euro area
• Euro area statistics
• Chronology of monetary policy measures of the Eurosystem
• Documents published by the European Central Bank