Questions tagged [monetary-union]

3 questions
11
votes
6 answers

When will the U.K. convert to the Euro as an official currency?

When will the United Kingdom switch to using the Euro? The main group of European countries have adopted it as a common currency and it appears this is the future direction. If not, what are the reasons for not adopting?
Zephyr
  • 6,240
  • 6
  • 38
  • 63
10
votes
4 answers

When will Canada convert to the U.S. Dollar as an official currency?

(note I really don't want this to sound argumentative, I'm genuinely interested. The title is simply a follow up to this question and my answer. To the Canadian users of this site, would you agree that it makes sense for Canada to adopt the US…
Rich Seller
  • 3,893
  • 29
  • 30
1
vote
1 answer

How much percent of the total Euro Zone Euros was artificially added through systems like QE this century?

Until 2018, the ECB 'printed' € 2,500,000,000,000 (2.5 trillion) through quantitative easing, and then it proceeded to add € 20,000,000,000 (20 billion) per month "for as long as necessary", which is still ongoing and equals € 300,000,000,000 until…