Discover how currency unions impact global economies, their historical development, and the critiques they face. Learn about ...

Journal of Economic Integration, Vol. 39, No. 2 (June 2024), pp. 454-482 (29 pages) This study investigated the possibility of expanding the GCC monetary union to other MENA countries using cluster ...

The global monetary order is undergoing a structural transition, and the euro is increasingly being tested not just as a currency, but as a system. In a ...

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This Selected Issues paper focuses on securing fiscal discipline and credibility in West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). Fiscal consolidation and the reintroduction of the WAEMU fiscal ...

East African Community (EAC) States should not rush the signing of a monetary union if the eurozone experience is anything to go by, economic and monetary experts have warned. A recent visit by the ...

Economic, investment, and services activity across the Gulf expanded significantly by the end of 2024, driven by a surge in ...

The number of public joint-stock companies, whose shares are permitted to be traded by GCC citizens, rose to 748, an increase ...

Monetary policy plays a central role in shaping economic dynamics by influencing liquidity, inflation, and growth. Central banks utilise a range of instruments—from adjusting interest rates to ...

Growth in countries within the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) zone has been insufficient to bring substantial poverty reduction. To improve living conditions, CEMAC countries ...