## Fostering Growth in Europe Now

_Staff Discussion Notes, June 18, 2012_

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## Bibliographic details
- Authors: Bergljot B Barkbu, Jesmin Rahman, Rodrigo O. Valdes
- Published: June 18, 2012
- Series: Staff Discussion Notes
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475504644.006

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### Overview
- Title: Fostering Growth in Europe Now
- Series: Staff Discussion Notes No. 2012/007
- Short description: Staff Discussion Notes showcase the latest policy-related analysis and research being developed by individual IMF staff and are published to elicit comment and to further debate. These papers are generally brief and written in nontechnical language, and so are aimed at a broad audience interested in economic policy issues. This Web-only series replaced Staff Position Notes in January 2011.

### Subjects and keywords
- Subject: Employment, Labor, Labor market reforms, Labor markets, Macrostructural analysis, Structural reforms, Unemployment
- Keywords: aggregate demand, area country, Employment, euro area, euro area growth, Europe, fiscal policy, Growth, Labor market reforms, Labor markets, macroeconomic policy, monetary policy, nominal wage, output gap, periphery country, private sector, product market reform, real effective exchange rates, reform priority, SDN, Southern Europe, structural reform, Structural reforms, unemployment

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- Preview citation format provided: Chicago — Bergljot B Barkbu, Jesmin Rahman, and Rodrigo O. Valdes "Fostering Growth in Europe Now", Staff Discussion Notes 2012, 007 (2012), accessed 9/18/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475504644.006

### Series note and disclaimer
- Series context: Staff Discussion Notes are Web-only and replaced Staff Position Notes in January 2011.
- Disclaimer: This Staff Discussion Note represents the views of the authors and does not necessarily represent IMF views or IMF policy. The views expressed herein should be attributed to the authors and not to the IMF, its Executive Board, or its management. Staff Discussion Notes are published to elicit comments and to further debate.

*Source: IMF Staff Discussion Note "Fostering Growth in Europe Now" (Staff Discussion Notes No. 2012/007).*

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