Will the Euro Survive POINT VICKY PRYCE‚ Senior Managing Director‚ Economic Consulting‚ FTI consulting In 2002‚ when euro notes and coins entered circulation‚ the dominant view among the 15 (now 23) member states using the currency was that it represented a big step toward ensuring peace and prosperity for the Continent. What people in individual European countries tended to overlook was that a single currency brings greater interference by members of the union in each state’s monetary‚ fiscal
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After World War II‚ the Western European nations made a concentrated effort to consolidate their economies and lessen the political conflict‚ and also mark departure from the days in which European nations openly sought to undermine or destroy each other. European nations became closer tied due to many treaties and economic policies which stabilized the countries ravaged by World War II. To the most important economic programs at the time where the ECSC‚ or the European coal and steel community
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Causes of the Euro zone debt crisis Eurozone Euro zone (also known as the Euro area) consists of those European Union countries which have adopted the euro as their currency. It currently has 17 member states such as Austria‚ Belgium‚ Cyprus‚ Estonia‚ Finland‚ France‚ Germany‚ Greece‚ Ireland‚ Italy‚ Luxembourg‚ Malta‚ Netherlands‚ Portugal‚ Slovakia‚ Slovenia‚ and Spain. Monetary policy of the Euro zone is the responsibility of the European Central Bank (ECB) which is governed by a president
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long-term maturities * Long-dated FX forward * Disney consider it as a part of total exposure * Currency swap * Existing Disney’s Eurodollar is short-term; attractive rates for short-term is rare in Mr. Anderson’s perspective * Issuing more long-term Eurodollar debt which then swap in to yen liabilities * This alternative will make Disney facing even higher debt ratio. * Issuing Euro-yen bonds * Disney was ineligible to issue this instrument according to Japanese
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the UK government to join the Single European Currency? The single European Currency is the currency used by the institution of the EU and it’s the official currency of the Eurozone consisting 18 of the 28 member states. On 1 January 1999‚ the Euro was introduced as the single European currency‚ but today‚ the UK is still using the Sterling Pounds‚ and if the UK join the single European Currency‚ there may be some advantages and disadvantages for the UK firms. If we share a currency with the
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4. WHY SAVE EURO? 9 4.1 ALTERNATIVES 10 4.1.1 Split 10 4.1.2 Institutionalised austerity and ECB bailing out 12 4.1.3 ECB lends money to IMF and latter disburses loans with stiff conditionality’s 12 4.1.4 Creation of European treasury/ Empowering EFSF 12 4.1.5 United States of Europe and issuance of Euro bonds: 13 5. WAY FORWARD 14 TABLE OF FIGURES Figure 1: Prospects of the financial sector and sovereign spreads 7 Figure 2: History Repeats 9 Figure 3: Euro-area north-south
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The year of 1939 was a great year for classical movie lovers. With Gone with the Wind‚ Mr. Smith goes to Washington‚ Wuthering Heights‚ and The Wizard of Oz. This year during the Great Depression gave us more classics than most years combined. The Great Depression was one of the main reasons behind the making of all of these movies; the dark and bleak times needed a getaway‚ a place to escape to where ones troubles don’t matter‚ the movies were that getaway
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One cartoon changes the world Each time when people talk about Mickey Mouse or share Disney cartoons‚ they all remembered a great man‚ Walt Disney‚ who make a wonderful dream become true and make people’s life much happier than before. However‚ not everyone knows about Walt Disney. Walt Disney’s childhood was not very happy. His father’s physical intimidation have left deep scars on Disney’s emotional makeup. As he has had joined the Red Cross during WWI‚ he witnessed the cruelty of the war. And
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Two wonderful places I have lived in many beautiful places in my life time. Among them Los Angeles‚ California and Tampa‚ Florida are my favor cities to live in. I love the tropical feeling I get when I am in Tampa; at same time‚ I really enjoy the comfort ability Los Angeles can provide for me. Although Los Angeles and Tampa are both coastal cities‚ they are more different than most people think. Tampa‚ Florida is a wonderful city. It is always sunny and warm‚ even in the winter. However‚ the
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Walt Disney didn’t know it yet‚ but he was going to change many lives. Walt Disney made cartoons and created the mouse that everyone knows‚ Mickey Mouse. Mickey Mouse became so popular that Walt started building a theme park called Disneyland. Disneyland opened on July 17‚ 1955 in Anaheim‚ California‚ and it was a huge success. Since Walt wanted to expand‚ he later bought land in Orlando‚ Florida and started building Disney World. Unfortunately‚ Walt died in 1966‚ before Disney World opened on October
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