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European Currency Unit

replacement by Euro

actions by Italy

commercial treaties

Council of Europe

establishment, purpose

European Free Trade Association

Exchange Rate Mechanism

foreign exchange

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

gross national product

Maastricht Treaty

Mundell, Robert A., influential economist

Western European Union

1999: European Union Launches New Single Currency, the Euro

On January 1, 1999, 11 European nations officially launched the euro, the European Union's (EU's) new single currency. The event, which marked one of the most far-reaching changes in the world's monetary system since World War II (1939-1945), was widely hailed as a major step toward Europe's...

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