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The EMU: forerunners and durability


Abstract: The first article examines the history and theory of monetary unions to ask what factors will foster a stable European Monetary Union. It concludes that a decentralized arrangement of national central banks may undermine the EMUs durability.

Keywords: European currency unit; Monetary policy; Banks and banking, Central;

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Part of Series: Economic Review

Publication Date: 1990

Volume: 76

Issue: Jul

Pages: 8-17