Dollar/Euro exchange rate from the inception of the Euro in 1999 to the end of 2007. The major result of the paper is that … coefficients on inflation and the real economic activity measure are constrained to be the same for the U.S. and the Euro Area and …

characteristics of each economy as well as its relationship with the country's own currency and other officially dollarized countries … with the same currency. Countries adopting full dollarization of its economy profit immensely as low inflation and low …

Historically, the US Dollar had been accepted as the strongest currency and it had no competition at the regional or … global level. But inception of Euro changed this unique stature and status enjoyed by USD. With introduction of Euro as the … common currency, the European Union became USA’s closest competitor in terms of economic size, performance, indicators and …

own currency and an independent monetary policy. …

effective. A brief comparative analysis of the monetary policy response implemented in the Euro area during the recent Financial …

) contexts to determine whether there was misalignment in the Malaysian ringgit - U.S. dollar before the 1997 currency crisis …