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OPTIMUM CURRENCY AREA [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2003-01-31
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Currency and Foreign Exchange
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- optimum currency area 1, record 1, English, optimum%20currency%20area
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Reasons for a country to join an OCA: to reduce transactions and currency printing and maintenance costs; to participate in a purchasing power parity area; to establish an exchange rate anchor for policy; to remove descretion from monetary and fiscal policymaking; ... to participate more fully in the capital market of the union; ... to enforce monetary and fiscal discipline; ... to establish a monetary bloc as a countervailing power against a superpower ... 1, record 1, English, - optimum%20currency%20area
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Politique monétaire et marché des changes
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- zone monétaire optimale
1, record 1, French, zone%20mon%C3%A9taire%20optimale
feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
- ZMO 2, record 1, French, ZMO
feminine noun
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les raisons d'adhérer à une ZMO: réduire les coûts de transactions, de fabrication des billets de banque et de fonctionnement; participer à une zone de parité des pouvoirs d'achat; ancrer la politique économique sur le taux de change; [...] renforcer la participation au marché des capitaux de l'union; [...] participer aux décisions politiques conduisant à la fixation du taux d'inflation de la ZMO; constituer un bloc monétaire pour faire contrepoids à une superpuissance [...] 1, record 1, French, - zone%20mon%C3%A9taire%20optimale
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Zone dans laquelle il existe une monnaie unique. 3, record 1, French, - zone%20mon%C3%A9taire%20optimale
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- zona monetaria óptima
1, record 1, Spanish, zona%20monetaria%20%C3%B3ptima
feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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