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Alternatively the slash may be omitted, or replaced by either a dot or a dash. A widely traded currency pair is the relation of the euro against the US dollar, designated as EUR/USD. The quotation EUR/USD 1.2500 means that one euro is exchanged for 1.2500 US dollars. Here, EUR is the base currency and USD is the quote currency (counter currency).
Market Focus, Key findingsECB’s Weidmann says first ECB Rate Hike could follow the end of Quantitative Easing more closely than in the USAIndustrial Producer Prices rose by 0.1% in the EURO AREA ...
For months we talked about the divergence in monetary policy driving the U.S. Dollar higher against the Euro. Now it looks like the ECB may be in the drivers’ seat and this is what may have been ...
The euro is the result of the European Union's project for economic and monetary union that came fully into being on 1 January 2002 and it is now the currency used by the majority of the European Union's member states, with all but Denmark (which has an opt-out in the EU treaties) bound to adopt it.
It’s been a choppy morning. While economic data from German failed to impress, the ECB policy meeting minutes could deliver EUR/USD support.
Several European microstates outside the EU have adopted the euro as their currency. For EU sanctioning of this adoption, a monetary agreement must be concluded. Prior to the launch of the euro, agreements were reached with Monaco, San Marino, and Vatican City by EU member states (Italy in the case of San Marino and Vatican City, and France in the case of Monaco) allowing them to use the euro ...
ECB is worried about the fragmentation of the eurozone.
Using a mechanism known as the "snake in the tunnel", the European Exchange Rate Mechanism was an attempt to minimize fluctuations between member state currencies—initially by managing the variance of each against its respective ECU reference rate—with the aim to achieve fixed ratios over time, and so enable the European Single Currency (which became known as the euro) to replace national ...