A currency union (also known as monetary union) is an intergovernmental agreement that involves two or more states sharing the same currency. These states...

The euro (symbol: €; currency code: EUR) is the official currency of 20 of the 27 member states of the European Union. This group of states is officially...

There are eight currencies of the European Union as of 2023[update] used officially by member states. The euro accounts for the majority of the member...

hypothetical currency for the union is most often referred to as the amero. The concept is modeled on the common European Union currency (the euro). One...

The Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) is a development of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States. This organization is composed of Anguilla...

implemented the economic and monetary union and use the euro currency. Through the Common Foreign and Security Policy, the union has developed a role in external...

in which a currency's value is fixed or pegged by a monetary authority against the value of another currency, a basket of other currencies, or another...

the European Union's common currency Afro, proposed currency for the African Union Eco, another attempt at an African common currency, within the Economic...

Central Bank. Such a union would call for the creation of a new unified currency, similar to the euro; the hypothetical currency is sometimes referred...

The eco is the name for the proposed common currency of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Plans originally called for the West African...

eurozone (EZ), is a currency union of 20 member states of the European Union (EU) that have adopted the euro (€) as their primary currency and sole legal tender...

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certain region is ready to become a currency union, one of the final stages in economic integration. An optimal currency area is often larger than a country...

Currency substitution is the use of a foreign currency in parallel to or instead of a domestic currency. Currency substitution can be full or partial...

A central bank digital currency (CBDC; also called digital fiat currency or digital base money) is a digital currency issued by a central bank, rather...

established by its currency union, and not all EU member states are part of the Schengen Area. Some EU members participate in both unions, and some in neither...

12 currencies on 1 January 2002, it inherited their use in territories such as Montenegro and replaced minor currencies tied to pre-euro currencies, such...

an economic union involves unifying currency, it becomes an economic and monetary union. The purposes for establishing an economic union normally include...

Sterling (ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories. The pound (sign: £) is the main unit of sterling...

CFA) is the currency used by eight independent states in West Africa which make up the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA; Union Économique...

The Singapore dollar (sign: S$; code: SGD) is the official currency of the Republic of Singapore. It is divided into 100 cents. It is normally abbreviated...

Monetary Union was a monetary union formed by Denmark and Sweden on 5 May 1873, with Norway joining in 1875. It established a common currency unit, the...

is a way a monetary authority of a country or currency union manages the currency about other currencies and the foreign exchange market. It is closely...

Eastern Caribbean Currency Union. The other two associate members of the OECS do not use the Eastern Caribbean dollar as their official currency: the British...

Caribbean Economic and Currency Union (OECS/ECCU). The bank is headquartered in Basseterre, St. Kitts. In 1946, a West Indian Currency Conference saw Barbados...

States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar...

A currency crisis is a type of financial crisis, and is often associated with a real economic crisis. A currency crisis raises the probability of a banking...

A customs and monetary union is a type of trade bloc which is composed of a customs union and a currency union. The participant countries have both common...

been to the rules of compliance – the "Maastricht criteria" – for the currency union. Against the background of the end of the Cold War and the re-unification...

In Europe, the most commonly used currency is the euro (used by 25 countries); any country entering the European Union (EU) is expected to join the eurozone...