Introduction Since 2010, stability in the euro area has been tested on several occasions as many peripheral nations have undergone periods of economic and market stress. In response, European authorities have put forward proposals to make the monetary union more resilient. Completing the Banking Union, developing the European fiscal framework and providing euro area stabilisation tools to deal with large asymmetric shocks are among the topics that have been discussed. A key issue that has been repeatedly mentioned has also been the lack of a euro area-wide ”safe asset.”
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