eurozone
noun
eu·ro·zone
ˈyu̇r-ō-ˌzōn 
: the geographical area comprising the countries that use the euro as the official currency
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Review Reviewed by Barry Eichengreen March/April 2025 Published on February 25, 2025
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Europe’s Banking Union at Ten: Unfinished Yet Transformative
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In 2012, responding to the eurozone debt and financial crisis, European leaders agreed to create a banking union.
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Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Its platform initially centered on opposition to bailouts for struggling eurozone members, but its vehement opposition to then-Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to allow in large numbers of refugees and other migrants in 2015 established the party as a significant political force.
—Vanessa Gera, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Investors looking for a playbook can try to learn lessons from other examples of ultra-loose monetary policy, including periods of quantitative easing and near-zero rates in the U.S., Switzerland and the eurozone.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 13 Dec. 2024
The German policy was to grow in prominence in the years following the eurozone debt crisis.
—Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025
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Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Its platform initially centered on opposition to bailouts for struggling eurozone members, but its vehement opposition to then-Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to allow in large numbers of refugees and other migrants in 2015 established the party as a significant political force.
—Vanessa Gera, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Investors looking for a playbook can try to learn lessons from other examples of ultra-loose monetary policy, including periods of quantitative easing and near-zero rates in the U.S., Switzerland and the eurozone.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 13 Dec. 2024
The German policy was to grow in prominence in the years following the eurozone debt crisis.
—Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Eurozone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eurozone. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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