9 June 2003
The five economic tests provide a framework for analysing the UK Government's decision on membership for Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).
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Executive summary HTML PDF file (126KB)
Introduction HTML PDF file (176KB)
Chapter 1: Convergence
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Chapter 2: Flexibility
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Chapter 3: Investment
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Chapter 4: Financial services
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Chapter 5: Growth, stability and employment
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Chapter 6: Conclusions
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Annexes A and B
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Glossary and List of abbreviations
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List of tables and List of charts
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