The US dollar is said to benefit from ‘exorbitant privilege’ in international trade. But history shows that may not last.
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The construction of Europe after WWII sought to promote political and economic cooperation among European nations. The Historical Archives of the European Union in Florence are a testimony to this.
The EU aims to launch the currency by 2029, but digital literacy and security are possible barriers.
Private banks are launching a euro-pegged cryptocurrency. It could spell disaster for Europe’s economy.
Polls show a lack of enthusiasm for the shared currency in a country that has mixed results from EU membership.
German economic power is propping up the euro. But this cannot continue indefinitely.
Many central bankers and economists are forecasting a return to low inflation within a couple of years, but that’s wishful thinking.
The greenback is at its heftiest since 2002 and still rising fast.
As the European Central Bank announces its first increase in interest rates, investors are getting very nervous.
By changing the rules around bank lending, you can make a huge cut to national debt.
With the markets turning and the Russia-China axis looking ever more worrying, Rome could not risk destabilising the government.
To understand the euro’s weakness, you have to look at the US as well as Europe.
If insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results, what does that say about the EU?
The early signs indicate that the EU is responding much more effectively than it did in 2008.
The decision by eight Francophone states to delink their common currency from France won’t be without challenges.
At the time of the 2016 referendum, there were widespread fears that Brexit would unleash a contagion effect among other member states.
After a decade of nearly uninterrupted growth, the German economy is stuttering.
The road ahead remains rocky for Greece’s newly elected prime minister.
In the past decade the EU has been struck by a series of crises that have proven that it is far more vulnerable than previously imagined.
As fears of a US-China trade war grow, the eurozone is starting to look like a rock.
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