currency union

collocation in English

meaningsofcurrencyandunion

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withunion.
currency
noun
uk
/ˈkʌr.ən.si/us
/ˈkɝː.ən.si/
the money that is used in a particular country at a ...
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union
noun
uk
/ˈjuː.njən/us
/ˈjuː.njən/
the act or the state of being ...
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(Definition ofcurrencyandunionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcurrency union

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It used to be possible to take some of the benefits ofcurrencyunionmembership without incurring all the costs by running monetary policy on a fixed-but-adjustable peg basis.
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In a scheme progressing towardscurrencyunion, there must be proper arrangements for the right transfer of resources to the weaker units in the medium term.
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One possibility is that the failure to find a statistically significant effect of instability on the likelihood of exit from acurrencyunionmay be due to mis-specification.
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Krugman (1993) pointed out that the increase in trade, especially in acurrencyunion, may lead to more specialization in production and hence to more vulnerability to asymmetric shocks.
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Whencurrencyunionwas adopted, there were 12 million unemployed.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
A glance at history shows us that everycurrencyunionlacking the backup of political union failed.
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Therefore, there will be 11 members of the newcurrencyunion.
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It has never been clear to me how acurrencyunioncan exist without a political union.
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There are few recent examples of countries coming together to form acurrencyunionof independent sovereign states.
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To fiddle with the exchange rate, of course, because the whole essence of going into acurrencyunionis fixed exchange rates.
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I do not wish to create a newcurrencyunionat the price of building up an existing and longstandingcurrencyunion.
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The capital markets of thecurrencyunionwill be wide, deep and stable.
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One question, of course, will be whether it is a workablecurrencyunion.
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We should start discussing a single currency on the assumption thatcurrencyunionwill happen.
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Pegged exchange rates do not automatically lead tocurrencyunion.
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Secondly: what budget is required by acurrencyunion?
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
On the other hand the report contradicts itself by expressing confidence in the role ofcurrencyunion.
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It is clear that there is a need for harmonisation of taxation policy within the internal market and thecurrencyunion.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Let us not forget that in just over two weeks, 11 countries will join together in acurrencyunion.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
It is possible that to ease the pain ofcurrencyunion, there would be calls for large sums to be spent in the poorer regions.
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