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Bank of England

banking in the United Kingdom

benefits to 18th century economy

foundation of Bank of England, 1694

government revenues paid into Bank of England

IMF monitoring of British economy

independence from the government

nationalization of the bank in 1946

reaction to inflation in the 1970s

1991: Arabian Peninsula

The nations of the Arabian Peninsula experienced a turbulent year in 1991, as the Persian Gulf War and the far-flung scandal of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International focused worldwide attention on the region.

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