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Essential Reading Items

Book: Euro at Ten: The Next Global Currency?
edited by Jean Pisani-Ferry and Adam S. Posen
July 2009

Op-ed: Europe Must Look East to Deal with the Euro
by C. Fred Bergsten, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Financial Times
October 11, 2007

Op-ed: Start by Saving the Eurozone
by Peter Boone, Effective Intervention
and Simon Johnson, Peterson Institute for International Economics
and James Kwak, Yale Law School
Op-ed in the Guardian
October 24, 2008

Book: Euro at Five: Ready for a Global Role?
edited by Adam S. Posen
April 2005

Article: The Rise of the Euro: Currency Is Emerging as Rival to the Dollar
by Adam S. Posen, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Article in The Ripon Forum
July 2005

Speech: The Euro and the World Economy
by C. Fred Bergsten, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Speech at a conference on "The Eurosystem, the Union and Beyond: The Single Currency and Implications for Governance"
European Central Bank
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
April 27, 2005

Speech: What Have We Learned from the Euro at Five?
by Ben S. Bernanke, The Federal Reserve
Remarks made at "Euro at Five: Ready for a Global Role"
Institute for International Economics
Washington, DC
February 26, 2004

Policy Brief 03-9: EU Accession and the Euro: Close Together or Far Apart?
by Peter B. Kenen, Princeton University
and Ellen E. Meade, London School of Economics
October 2003

Policy Briefs

09-21: The Future of the Dollar [pdf]
by Richard N. Cooper, Harvard University
September 2009

03-9: EU Accession and the Euro: Close Together or Far Apart? [pdf]
by Peter B. Kenen, Princeton University
and Ellen E. Meade, London School of Economics
October 2003

98-6: The Transatlantic Economic Partnership
by Ellen L. Frost, Peterson Institute for International Economics
September 1998

98-3: Exchange Rates for the Dollar, Yen, and Euro [pdf]
by Simon Wren-Lewis, University of Exeter
July 1998

Working Papers

06-6: Has EMU Had Any Impact on the Degree of Wage Restraint? [pdf]
by Adam S. Posen, Peterson Institute for International Economics
and Daniel Popov Gould, Peterson Institute for International Economics
August 2006

06-4: The External Policy of the Euro Area: Organizing for Foreign Exchange Intervention [pdf]
by C. Randall Henning, Peterson Institute for International Economics
June 2006

06-2: The Case for an International Reserve Diversification Standard [pdf]
by Edwin M. Truman, Peterson Institute for International Economics
and Anna Wong, Peterson Institute for International Economics
May 2006

02-3: Home Bias, Transaction Costs, and Prospects for the Euro: A More Detailed Analysis [pdf]
by Catherine L. Mann, Peterson Institute for International Economics
and Ellen E. Meade, Peterson Institute for International Economics
June 2002

00-6: Inflation, Monetary Transparency, and G3 Exchange Rate Volatility [pdf]
by Kenneth N. Kuttner, Peterson Institute for International Economics
and Adam S. Posen, Peterson Institute for International Economics
July 2000

Speeches, Testimony, Papers

Growing Pains for the Euro [pdf]
by Adam S. Posen, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Transcript from Peterson Perspectives: Interviews on Current Issues
April 23, 2009

A Hypothetical History: Had Britain Entered EMU [pdf]
by John Williamson, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Essay prepared for publication in the Sutherland report on British membership of the euro
January 2009

A Founder’s Perspective on the Euro as a Global Currency [pdf]
by Christian Noyer, Banque de France and European Central Bank
Speech at the conference "Euro at 10:The Next Global Currency?"
October 10, 2008

Regional Perspectives: East Asia [pdf]
by C. Randall Henning, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Presentation at the conference "Euro at 10:The Next Global Currency?"
October 10, 2008

Why the Euro Will Not Rival the Dollar [pdf]
by Adam S. Posen, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Presentation at the conference "Euro at 10:The Next Global Currency?"
October 10, 2008

It's Not Just About the Money [pdf]
by Adam S. Posen, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Article in the International Economy
May 2008

Role for the Euro in the Global Economy
by Joaquín Almunia, European Commission for Economic and Monetary Affairs
Prepared remarks delivered at the Fifth Whitman Lecture
April 11, 2008

The Euro
by Adam S. Posen, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Entry in the New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics (2d ed., forthcoming)
May 2007

The Role of US and EU Financial Markets in the Global Economy
by Edwin M. Truman, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Remarks at the conference "The Euro and the Dollar: Pillars in Global Finance"
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
April 17, 2007

Does Europe Have an Economic Future?
by Mario Monti, President, Bocconi University
Fifth Annual Stavros S. Niarchos Lecture at the Institute for International Economics
May 8, 2006

European Economic Outlook [pdf]
by Adam S. Posen, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Presentation at the eighth semiannual meeting on “Global Economic Prospects”
September 14, 2005

The Rise of the Euro: Currency Is Emerging as Rival to the Dollar
by Adam S. Posen, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Article in The Ripon Forum
July 2005

The Euro and the World Economy [pdf]
by C. Fred Bergsten, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Speech at a conference on "The Eurosystem, the Union and Beyond: The Single Currency and Implications for Governance"
European Central Bank
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
April 27, 2005

A Revived Bretton Woods System? Implications for Europe and the United States
by Edwin M. Truman, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Speech at the conference "Revived Bretton Woods System: A New Paradigm for Asian Development?"
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
February 4, 2005

The IMF and Exchange Rates
by C. Fred Bergsten, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Testimony before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
United States Senate
Washington, DC
May 19, 2004

Global Economic Prospects: Bright for 2004 but with Questions Thereafter
by Michael Mussa, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Presentation at "Global Economic Forecasts"
Institute for International Economics
Washington, DC
April 1, 2004

Building On the Euro's Success
Speech made at "Euro at Five: Ready for a Global Role"
Institute for International Economics
Washington, DC
February 26, 2004

Comment: The Euro at Five: Ready for a Global Role?
by Garry Schinasi, International Monetary Fund
Remarks made at "Euro at Five: Ready for a Global Role"
Institute for International Economics
Washington, DC
February 26, 2004

What Have We Learned from the Euro at Five?
by Ben S. Bernanke, The Federal Reserve
Remarks made at "Euro at Five: Ready for a Global Role"
Institute for International Economics
Washington, DC
February 26, 2004

Germany and the Eurozone Outlook: Improvements for the Medium Term Little Immediate Help [pdf]
by Adam S. Posen, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Presentation at the Global Economic Prospects conference
Institute for International Economics
Washington, DC
September 9, 2003

The Euro Versus the Dollar: Will there Be a Struggle for Dominance? [pdf]
by C. Fred Bergsten, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Presented to a roundtable at the annual meeting of the American Economic Association
Atlanta, Georgia
January 4, 2002

World Trade and Transatlantic Relations
by Adam S. Posen, Peterson Institute for International Economics
American-German Biennial Conference
Toward A New Transatlantic Agenda
Alexandria, Virginia
June 14-16, 2001

How Fast Will the New Economy Reach Europe?
by Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International Economics
and Hyun Koo Cho, Peterson Institute for International Economics
September 14, 2000

The Coming Rise of the Euro
by C. Fred Bergsten, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Speech given before the World Economic Forum
Davos, Switzerland
January 28, 2000

America and Europe: Clash of the Titans?
by C. Fred Bergsten, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Article reprinted from Foreign Affairs
(volume 78, number 2)
March-April 1999

Europe's Monetary Union, the United States and International Cooperation
by C. Randall Henning, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy
Committee on Banking and Financial Services
United States House of Representatives
Washington, DC
April 18, 1998

Agreement Without Convergence: Some Guidelines for Transatlantic Economic Relations
by Adam S. Posen, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Remarks given on the Economics Panel Conference on "What Should We Do for the Relationship with America?"
Social Democratic Party of Germany
Berlin, Germany
January 19, 1998

American Interests and Europe's Monetary Union
by C. Randall Henning, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Testimony before the Committee on Budget
United States Senate
Washington, DC
October 21, 1997

Transatlantic Trade: Towards a North Atlantic Economic Community
by Ellen L. Frost, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Trade Committee on Ways and Means
United States House of Representatives
Washington, DC
July 23, 1997

The Dollar and the Euro
by C. Fred Bergsten, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Reprinted from Foreign Affairs
July-August 1997

Op-eds

Why the Euro Is Not the Next Global Currency
by Jean Pisani-Ferry, Bruegel
and Adam S. Posen, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Financial Times
October 19, 2009

It's Still Coming
by Adam S. Posen, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Column for the Eurointelligence Syndicate
June 5, 2009

Start by Saving the Eurozone
by Peter Boone, Effective Intervention
and Simon Johnson, Peterson Institute for International Economics
and James Kwak, Yale Law School
Op-ed in the Guardian
October 24, 2008

Not Yet for the Euro
by Adam S. Posen, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in Welt am Sonntag
December 5, 2007

Europe Must Look East to Deal with the Euro
by C. Fred Bergsten, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Financial Times
October 11, 2007

How Europe's Regulations Hold It Back
by Martin Neil Baily, Peterson Institute for International Economics
and Diana Farrell, McKinsey Global Institute
Op-ed in the Financial Times
October 18, 2005

Reform Cannot Live By Labor Alone
by Adam S. Posen, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in Financial Times Deutschland
Appearing (in German translation) as part of the featured series Neues Deutschland
November 1, 2004

Books

Euro at Ten: The Next Global Currency?
edited by Jean Pisani-Ferry and Adam S. Posen
July 2009

Euro at Five: Ready for a Global Role?
edited by Adam S. Posen
April 2005

Transforming the European Economy
by Martin Neil Baily and Jacob Funk Kirkegaard
September 2004

Dollar Overvaluation and the World Economy
edited by C. Fred Bergsten and John Williamson
February 2003

Measuring the Costs of Protection in Europe: European Commercial Policy in the 2000s
by Patrick A. Messerlin
September 2001

Cooperating with Europe's Monetary Union
by C. Randall Henning
May 1997

Currencies and Politics in the United States, Germany, and Japan
by C. Randall Henning
September 1994