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This paper presents a quarterly estimated structural macroeconomic model for the euro area, the AWM, which is a medium-sized model that treats the euro area as a single economy. The model is designed to have a long-run equilibrium consistent with neo-classical economic theory while the short-run dynamics are largely demand-driven. The current version of the AWM is mostly backward-looking and is largely...