Examples of economic analysis - the Generation ?uro Students' Award

What you have to do…
– These are often called “noise” by statisticians and economists
– Instead, you need to correctly interpret underlying price signals that emerge from the very
structure of the economic, monetary and financial systems
4 th , what is your geographic domain?
– It is the euro area as a whole: i.e., considering it as a single geographic entity
– Some comments on the concept of economic and financial integration.
– At the same time the analysis of heterogeneity and/or persistent imbalances has acquired
greater prominence in recent years (but is not going to be that relevant for your Essay)
5 th, now imagine that you were the President of the ECB and thus the Chair of the Governing
Council …
– you would be commanding one of the greatest professional and also intellectual armies in the
world
– basically all types of data, statistics, information, facts about the euro area economy would be
available to you as well as all other Governing Council members
– moreover, you would have at your disposal the best economic and monetary analysis possible
for the euro area.
– it is also important to note that this wealth of data and information is also available to all
beyond the Eurosystem, i.e., it is “publicly available information”