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| | ''US banking.'' |
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| A prefix meaning that currency is held in a different jurisdiction from its country of origin.
| | The Federal Reserve System. |
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| For example eurodollar or euroyen or, more generally, eurocurrencies.
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| Established by the 1992 Treaty on European Union (TEU, better known as the Maastricht treaty) the euro is the official currency of the European Union (EU).
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| The euro is used by 19 EU member states, known collectively as the 'euro zone', the other EU members having their own currencies.
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| Note that the currency takes lower case except where a capital is grammatically or stylistically required, for example, at the start of a sentence.
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| The ISO (three letter) currency code for the euro is EUR.
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| == See also == | | == See also == |
| * [[Eurobond]] | | * [[Federal Reserve System]] |
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Revision as of 13:46, 11 December 2016
US banking.
The Federal Reserve System.
Often abbreviated to 'the Fed'.
See also
