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One Euro from the Atlantic to the Urals? : the European Monetary Union
Gros, Daniel - In: CESifo Forum 1 (2000) 2, pp. 26-31
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Adopting the Euro in Central Europe; Challenges of the Next Step in European Integration
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
Upon entry into the European Union, countries become members of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), with a derogation from adopting the euro as their currency (that is, each country joining the EU commits to replace its national currency with the euro, but can choose when to request...
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Moving to Greater Exchange Rate Flexibility; Operational Aspects Based on Lessons from Detailed Country Experiences
Ötker, Inci - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
Many countries have moved towards more flexible exchange rate regimes over the last decade to take advantage of greater monetary policy autonomy and flexibility in responding to external shocks. Some reluctance to let go of pegged exchange rates persists, however, despite the benefits of...
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Introducing the Euro As Legal Tender; Benefits and Costs of Eurorization for Cape Verde
Imam, Patrick A. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
In recent years, recommendations for countries to unilaterally dollarize/eurorize have become common, particularly when the countries lack economic credibility. After exploring the characteristics of dollarizing/eurorizing economies, we look at the merits and costs of unilateral eurorization for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008528623
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Central America; Global Integration and Regional Cooperation
Rodlauer, Markus; Schipke, Alfred - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
Central America has received growing attention as a region that is integrating successfully into the global economy. This paper examines—among other things—the macroeconomic and fiscal implications of the Free Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA-DR), noting that the...
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Prospects for Monetary Cooperation in East Asia
Park, Yung Chul; Song, Chi-Young - Asian Development Bank Institute, Asian Development Bank - 2011
’s economic integration due to deflation, a strong yen, slow growth, and political instability. Japan would not eschew free … (ASEAN); Hong Kong, the PRC; and Taipei,China. Japan has shown less interest in assuming a greater role in East Asia … floating. These recent developments demand a new modality of monetary cooperation among the Republic of Korea, Japan, and the …
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Yen Bloc or Yuan Bloc; An Analysis of Currency Arrangements in East Asia
Shirono, Kazuko - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
This paper examines the role of Japan against that of China in the exchange rate regime in East Asia in light of … generate higher average welfare gains for East Asian countries than currency unions with Japan or the United States. Overall …, Japan does not appear to be a dominant player in forming a currency union in East Asia, and this trend is likely to continue …
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The Renminbi and Exchange Rate Regimes in East Asia
Kawai, Masahiro; Pontines, Victor - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014
With the rise of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) as the world’s largest trading nation (measured by trade value) and second largest economic power (measured by GDP), its economic influence over the neighboring emerging economies in East Asia has also risen. The PRC introduced...
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The Renminbi and Exchange Rate Regimes in East Asia
Kawai, Masahiro; Pontines, Victor - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014
With the rise of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) as the world’s largest trading nation (measured by trade value) and second largest economic power (measured by GDP), its economic influence over the neighboring emerging economies in East Asia has also risen. The PRC introduced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134381
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Forecasting foreign exchange rates using artificial neural networks: a trader's approach
Stokes, Adam; Abou-Zaid, Ahmed S. - In: International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance 5 (2012) 4, pp. 370-394
the US dollar against the three major currencies: the Euro, the Pound and the Yen. Although the ANNs technique is not very …
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