Convergence Report 2013 (May 2013)

At the request of the Latvian authorities, the European Central Bank (ECB) published in June 2013 its assessment of the economic and legal convergence of Latvia. The ECB’s Convergence Report examines whether a high degree of sustainable economic convergence has been achieved in the country under review and gauges compliance with the statutory requirements to be fulfilled by national central banks to become an integral part of the Eurosystem.

• Primary Source

European Central Bank: Publications: Convergence Reports http://www.ecb.int/pub/convergence/html/index.en.html

https://ec.europa.eu/info/business-economy-euro/economic-and-fiscal-policy-coordination/eu-economic-governance-monitoring-prevention-correction/stability-and-growth-pact/stability-and-convergence-programmes_en https://ec.europa.eu/info/business-economy-euro/economic-and-fiscal-policy-coordination/eu-economic-governance-monitoring-prevention-correction/stability-and-growth-pact/stability-and-convergence-programmes_en

ECB: Press Release, 05.06.13: ECB publishes its Convergence Report 2013 assessing the economic and legal convergence of Latvia http://www.ecb.int/press/pr/date/2013/html/pr130605.en.html

ESO: Background information: Latvia: Reaching for the euro http://www.europeansources.info/record/letting-another-cyprus-in-the-dark-side-of-latvias-success-story/

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