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 ...

(Reuters) -Europe's economic and monetary union, the most visible product of which is the euro, is an unprecedented effort at creating a shared currency backed by its own financial architecture. It is ...

Most economists would argue that monetary integration leads to financial integration; in other words, when a set of countries has a common currency, as in the European Monetary Union (EMU), for ...

Sources: IMF, African Department database; World Economic Outlook; World Bank World Development Indicators; IMF staff estimates and projections. All projections presented were prepared in February ...

Following years of negotiations involving over a dozen European nations, the Maastricht treaty was signed on February 7, 1992, and established the terms and basic timeline for European Economic and ...

This essay assesses the need for deeper integration in the European Union, while questioning where the current European leadership has the vision to implement such reforms in the wake of the euro ...

As Europe speeds towards greater fiscal and monetary union, a process accelerated by the debt crisis, it’s worth remembering that it took close to 150 years for the world’s other great and enduring ...

Dr Hammoudeh is Professor of Economics and International Business at Drexel University. He can be reached at hammousm@drexel.edu. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is about 28 years old. It was ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a 42-month arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for Togo. The arrangement will provide financing of SDR 293.60 ...

Of all European politicians who never led their countries, Jacques Delors and Wolfgang Schäuble had the greatest impact on Europe. Between them, the two men, who passed away within a day of each other ...