ECB Monthly Bulletin | October 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 September 2002
  • Recent developments in perceived and actual inflation
  • Residential property prices in the euro area
  • Challenges concerning fiscal consolidation
  • Developments in net financial flows between the euro area and the United States
• Recent findings on monetary policy transmission in the euro area
• Main features of the repo market in the euro area
• Euro area statistics
• Chronology of monetary policy measures of the Eurosystem
• Documents published by the European Central Bank