Euro Area Monetary Policy Effects on Member States' Business Cycles

Abstract: The paper attempts to explore the monetary policy strategy set by the European Central Bank, where one interest rate is set for all the countries in the Euro Area, denominated as the “one size fits all policy”, and the significance of its impact on the Economic Monetary Union countries business cycles between two periods that range from 1999 until 2017. The process englobes a discussion on how such policy is determined, the previous theory that regards the construction of a common currency area, a quick look of the structure of the ECB as an institution and the consequence of its monetary policy in Euro Area countries.