Many economists in the region argue for a more flexible currency system, starting with a Kuwait-style currency basket, so interest rates can reflect the realities of a region with a very different economy from America's.

ECONOMIST: Monetary union in the Gulf

He said it was "unlikely that a eurozone-style currency union with Scotland could be made to work" after independence.

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Any suggestion of a euro-style common currency would, warns the First Minister, raise "very real risks".

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Yet, incredibly, the Administration and the IMF are now telling Brazil not to try to "prop up" its currency, thereby inviting an Asian-Mexican-style free-fall.

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Yet, incredibly, the Administration and the IMF are now telling Brazil not to try to "prop up" its currency, thereby inviting an Asian-Mexican-style free fall.

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In Mundell's writings about a one-world currency, there's a strong preference for a Greenspan-style monetary policy, where price stability is the only goal.

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The rewards for the missions include currency or items you can wear, such as a tan neckerchief, a Mad Hatter-style hat, items that would send a designer packing in Project Runway.

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