Extractions: 1 March 2002: the euro becomes the sole legal tender of twelve European countries. After more than ten years of preparations, 12 European countries have given up their national currency forever and adopted a common currency: the euro. On January 1 2002, euro banknotes worth 133 billion euro began circulation. By 1 March 2002, 242 billion euro worth of notes were circulating across twelve countries. Over 300 million people have been affected by this change. Never before has such an operation been undertaken on this scale. The euro has been introduced in: Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Austria, Portugal and Finland. What do the euro banknotes look like? They are all exactly the same throughout the euro area. They illustrate the evolution of architectural styles in the history of Europe: windows and bridges bring people together. For more images of the euro notes, click
Extractions: Essay by Harmen Lehment Exchange rates of the participating currencies will soon be irrevocably fixed against one another. The conversion rates will most likely be the same as the central rates of the current EMU. In the beginning, the value of the euro will be identical to that of the European Currency Union (ECU), the currency basket of the EMU. Currently, the yen/ECU rate is about twice as high as the yen/DM rate. After the euro gains status as an official currency, its exchange rate against the old ECU will change, since the ECU currency basket contains currencies such as the pound sterling that will not initially participate in the European Monetary Union. Euro-denominated banknotes and coins will not be issued immediately; they will be introduced in the beginning of the year 2002. But the euro will be used in 1999 by governments, corporations, and citizens as a unit of account. Euro-based bank accounts will also be available, as will bank transfers and invoices based in the currency. Large corporations and some European governments have already announced their intentions to use the currency in these ways immediately after the start of the EMU in 1999. The launching of the euro is likely to have substantial effects on global corporate strategies and on world financial markets. First, corporations active in European markets should be prepared to do business in euro, starting from next year.
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Extractions: Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) is an area with a single currency, the euro, within the European Union (EU) single market in which people, goods, services and capital move without restrictions. As trade between the EU Member States amounts to 60% of their total trade, EMU is the natural complement of the single market. With the single currency, the benefits of the single market will be delivered more fully with the removal of the transaction costs brought about by currency conversions and the elimination of exchange rate variations which disrupt trade and investments. As the name itself indicates, EMU has two sides: the monetary and the economic, both gathering in the pursuit of ensuring a framework for nominal stability, a condition necessary to obtain low interest rates and, consequently, a sound and sustained growth in the medium and long term. The single monetary policy , conducted by the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) from 1 January 1999 onwards, has the purpose of maintaining
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Extractions: including the Nobel Prize in economics in 1976 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1988. THE PRESIDENT: It's an honor for me to be here to pay tribute to a hero of freedom, Milton Freidman. He has used a brilliant mind to advance a moral vision: the vision of a society where men and women are free, free to choose, but where government is not as free to override their decisions.... We have seen Milton Friedman's ideas at work in Chile, where a group of economists called the "Chicago Boys" brought inflation under control and laid the groundwork for economic success. We have seen them at work in Russia, where the government recently adopted a 13 percent flat tax with impressive results.
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Extractions: Dateline: Jan. 1, 1999. Today, 11 of the 15 European Union (EU) nations relinquished control of their domestic monetary policies, abandoned their currencies and entered Stage 3 of the European Monetary Union (EMU). This event marks the start of the final phase of Europe's 40-year effort to combine its economies. A new European currency, the euro, has officially become the standard unit of account in these nations, with euro notes and coins to be issued by Jan. 1, 2002. Six months later, the current domestic currencies will no longer be legal tender. By joining forces, the 11 nationsAustria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spainhave created an economic area comparable in population and output to that of the United States. The U.S. economy no longer overwhelmingly dominates the international scene with its strength and depth. Rewind to the Present No doubt, a news brief similar to the one above will appear in newspapers worldwide on Jan. 1, 1999, when monetary union takes hold in Europe. On this day, European nations will begin operating under a single monetary authority, the European Central Bank (ECB), which will control monetary policy for the EMU's member nations without political influence from any of them, much like the U.S. Federal Reserve System. On the first of January, member nations will irrevocably fix the exchange rates among their national currencies, starting the transition from 11 national currencies to a single European currency called the euro. According to the provisions agreed to in the 1993 Treaty on European Union
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Extractions: THE EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION (EURO) On the 13 MArch 1979 the European Monetary System was created(EMS).The EMS has created a zone of monetary stability in Europe,encouraging growth and investement.It was based on the ecu(a basket of the currencies of the Member States),on the exchange rate and intervention mechanism(based on that each national currency had a central exchange ratelinked to ecu and bilateral rate exchanges were allowed to fluctuate within a band of 2.25%,or up to 6%,increased finally at 15%)and the credit mechanism(when the bilateral exchange rates are approaching the 15% limit,the bnks have unlimited liability to intervene to not pass the limit of 15%).In order to remove the non-tariff barriers to the free movements of good,capital,services and persons,the EMS wasn't anymore enough and so the single currency became a necessity.The european monetary union was established during the Treaty of Maastricht which entered into force in 1993. Its formation spanned three stages:
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Extractions: Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Skip to content Today is Armenia National Day, Malta Independence Day and Belize National Day EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The commencement of the third stage of European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) on 1 January 1999 when the euro is introduced, is a major step for Europe with far reaching political as well as economic implications. Eleven of the fifteen EMU countries (all except UK, Sweden, Denmark and Greece) will initially form part of the "Euro Zone". The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's study examines the likely impact EMU and the euro will have on European growth and our commercial relations with the EU, by analysing the implications for trade, investment and foreign currency holdings. Assuming a smooth launch of the euro, EMU is likely to have modest overall implications for Australia - at least in the short term - although the immediate impact on individual Australian exporters will vary depending on their exposure to the European market. The European business environment will become more competitive and exporters will need to respond accordingly. In time Australia could benefit from potentially higher levels of EU growth and lower long term interest rates, although the expected slow down in the EU in 1999 means that the trade diversion effects stemming from the euro, which will favour intra Euro Zone trade, is expected to overshadow the trade creation effects. However, this trend is likely to be reversed in the medium to long term.
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Extractions: a civil liberty issue Web abelard.org EMU (European Monetary Union) and infla is one of a series of documents about economics and money at abelard.org click to select documents about economics and money EMU (European Monetary Union) and inflation GDP and other quality of life measurements Transferring value (money) using the internet e-gold: a developing example of an independent monetary system moneybookers, a non -goldbased value transfer system PayPal and Billpoint - more detailed information contents Introduction Analysis in seven sections
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Extractions: History of the Euro On 1 January 1999, 11 EU member states acquired a single currency, the euro. This was achieved by locking the exchange rates for the legacy currencies of the participating EU member states (euro area member states) vis-à-vis the euro. For the first three years, the euro existed only as electronic money, while the legacy currencies still existed as banknotes and coins. However, the fixed parities of the 11 legacy currencies vis-à-vis the euro meant that they were no longer independent currencies, and consequently they were no longer traded in the currency markets. Three years after the introduction of the euro, i.e. on 1 January 2002, euro banknotes and coins were put into circulation. The three years up to 1 January 2002 were necessary in order that all parts of society, e.g. retailers, the financial sector, companies and the public sector, could prepare for the full transition to euro. This period was also used to manufacture euro banknotes and coins.
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Extractions: Britain and European Monetary Union See also Money in Fiction Financial Scandals What are the prospects for European Monetary Union and why, when other countries were clamouring to be in at the start of the Euro , is Britain so reluctant to participate? Perhaps the best way to judge is to study the lessons of history and how the British experience differs from that of most other countries in Europe since, for good or ill, a nation's past inevitably influences its attitude to the present and the future. Whereas France had a single national currency for a brief period during the reigns of Pepin and Charlemagne, England has enjoyed a relatively stable single national currency with an unbroken history of over 900 years, and the origins of the pound Sterling go back even further still. The Viking invasions and the need to pay Danegeld or to pay for defence caused an enormous increase in the production of coins in England. Athelstan had no fewer than 30 mints in operation and in order to keep control of them all the Statute of Greatley was passed in 928, stating that there was to be only one single type of money or currency in England, and ever since there has been just one. This was many centuries before the history of the currencies now used in other major European countries started.
Extractions: Representation in the United Kingdom Background Briefings About us A-Z Feedback Info ... Search EMU Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) has been the most significant and the most controversial EU policy of recent years. The creation of a single European currency, the euro, means that decisions in the key policy area of monetary policy are taken at the EU level. The countries participating in EMU no longer fix their own interest rates; policy on inflation and exchange rates is agreed collectively and a single interest rate is set by the European Central Bank in Frankfurt. EMU is a logical extension of the single market and is seen as a way to make the EU more competitive, securing prosperity and jobs. Inside the eurozone, business benefits from: lower costs of managing cash. lower currency risk. Exchange rate fluctuations are also eliminated. Firms are no longer exposed to losses associated with such movements, nor do they need to hedge business transactions against exchange rate risk, saving on the cost of hedging operations; a larger, more transparent market.