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How to Dollarize in Argentina
‘How to Dollarize in Argentina’ by Kurt Schuler and Steve H Hanke. As the policies of the Argentine government are at a dead end and the peso is widely distrusted, Schuler and Hanke present their proposals for dollarization.
Central Bank Independence in Latin America
Legal Central Bank Independence and Inflation in Latin America During the 1990s by Jacome H., Luis I ; an IMF Working Paper.
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A tale of two central banks
ARTICLE - The annals of 2001 will feature many heroes and villains. Among them will be central bankers.
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Hanke's View on Argentina
In a paper published earlier this month by Cato in their foreign policy series Professor Steve Hanke outlines his views on solutions for the crisis in Argentina. In 1991 Professor Hanke advised the then Argentine government on the establishment of the…
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Who next after Cavallo?
ARTICLE - A mass exodus from Argentina's economy ministry, culminating in the resignation of the minister Domingo Cavallo, has left few contenders to manage the country's finances.
The events that triggered Argentina's crisis
ARTICLE - The people of Argentina have seen their pensions taken away, unemployment soar, inflation jump and their industries decimated.
Euro notes can be washed - But not at 90 Celsius
ARTICLE - If you wash your euro notes, make sure you don't do so at 90 degrees Celsius.
Euro launch reaches its final phase
ARTICLE - Securitas GmbH, a German armoured-car company, has suffered only a few mishaps since it began hauling the new euro cash in September. Some workers threw out their backs lugging the 20-kilo sacks of coins. Others accidentally dropped the heavy…
Euro Profits Bonanza
CENTRALBANKNET SPECIAL REPORT - Europe's national central banks stand to profit to the tune of billions of euros as a result of retiring Europe's existing paper currencies and introducing a single currency.
Eurozone is not delivering growth and jobs
LETTER - A letter published in the London edition of the Financial Times on 4 December. From Professor Tony Thirlwall, Dept of Economics, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
Afghan central bank - little left but dollar bills
ARTICLE - A dingy bank vault in the center of this destitute, dust-smudged capital holds the foreign-currency reserves of Afghanistan: $90,000, much of it in single dollar bills. The cash, all that remains of Afghanistan's plundered treasury, was simply…
Economic Chaos - Who's killing Argentina's Peso?
ARTICLE - Until recently, stable money and sound banking were the two pillars of an otherwise weak Argentine republic. As Argentina confronts its fourth year of recession and finds itself bankrupt, many are now blaming its monetary regime, which…
Economists can indeed 'conclude otherwise' on euro
LETTER - A letter published in the London edition of the Financial Times on 29 November.
Thai Rerngchai - sinner or scapegoat?
ARTICLE - Rerngchai Marakanond, a former Bank of Thailand governor, is about to pay a dear price for his central role in the futile baht defence in 1997. Is he a scapegoat?
Irish government hold on c bank gov post must end
ARTICLE - It is likely the Government will appoint a new governor for the Central Bank of Ireland within the next few months. Although the incumbent, Mr Maurice O'Connell, was appointed to a second term earlier this year, it is understood that he will…