德国马克由德意志银行发行。1马克等于100芬尼(PFENNIG),到2002年,流通中的纸币有5、10、20、50、100、200、500和1000马克等面额,另有1、2、5马克及1、2、5、10、50芬尼的铸币。2002年1月1日,德国马克停止流通。
新的德国货币以战前的兑换比例与黄金挂上了钩。
A new German currency was pegged to gold at its pre-war rate.
通常,这样的情况会推动德国货币升值,但由于南欧危机重重,欧元贬值,德国出口甚至更有竞争力了。
Normally that would cause Germany's currency to strengthen, but since there was trouble down south, the euro weakened, making German exports even more competitive.
如果德国退出欧元区,那么国际流动资金将会聚集到国家实力更大更强的瑞士,德国货币会因此增值,随即德国的企业就得遭殃。
If Germany were to leave, its Neue Deutschmark would soar as international funk money piled into a bigger, better Switzerland, and German manufacturing firms would suffer.
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