FOCUS The euro
			The European Union’s new single currency, the euro, will replace 11 national currencies on January 1st, 1999. Our weekly series of eight briefs on the subject examines the historical background to the project, the economics of the single currency, the European Central Bank, preparations for the euro, capital markets, the euro’s international role, its effect on business strategy, and its political implications. Over 40 more related articles from past issues of The Economist, including our survey of European Monetary Union (April 11th, 1998), are given below. Links to useful websites about the euro are at the bottom of this page.
			Euro briefs December 5th 1998   The politics of the euro November 28th 1998   Euro brief: Business strategy for the euro November 21st 1998   Europe’s capital markets November 14th 1998   The international euro November 7th 1998   Unready for blast off October 31st 1998   Europe’s new central bank October 24th 1998   The economics of a single currency October 17th 1998   The first of a series: the story so far European Monetary Union   December 5th 1998   Europe cuts interest rates November 28th 1998   Europe’s new economics November 28th 1998   Charlemagne: Wim Duisenberg, Europe’s first central banker November 7th 1998   American banks eye the euro-11 October 31st 1998   Europe swerves left October 31st 1998   Europe’s left-leaning economics? October 31st 1998   Should EU interest rates come down? October 31st 1998   Europe’s new central bank October 31st 1998   Banking on a crisis? October 31st 1998   The end for LIBOR? October 17th 1998   Lights, camera, euro October 17th 1998   Ready for the euro? October 17th 1998   Snakes and ladders September 19th 1998   European banks and the euro May 2nd 1998   Europe takes flight May 2nd 1998   Fanfare for the euro May 2nd 1998   The great euro debate April 11th 1998   EMU survey: An awfully big adventure April 11th 1998   EMU survey: The history of an idea April 11th 1998   EMU survey: A primer in economics April 11th 1998   EMU survey: Maastricht follies April 11th 1998   EMU survey: A bank is born April 11th 1998   EMU survey: Nuts and bolts April 11th 1998   EMU survey: International star April 11th 1998   EMU survey: Ever closer union March 28th 1998   Charlemagne: Yves-Thibault de Silguy, euro-navigator March 21st 1998   Europe’s last currency shake-up March 14th 1998   Brands and the euro February 14th 1998   German rebels against the euro January 17th 1998   The euro and Jean-Claude Trichet December 13th 1997   Germany and the euro December 6th 1997   How exclusive is the EMU club? November 22nd 1997   Will the euro split the EU? November 1st 1997   Dramatically unchanged on EMU November 1st 1997   Mr Brown and EMU October 25th 1997   Britain shies away from the EMU October 11th 1997   Europe’s single currency October 4th 1997   A shift on monetary union? September 20th 1997   The single currency’s timing... September 20th 1997   ...is crucial for Helmut Kohl September 20th 1997   When the euro meets the real world July 26th 1997   France’s budget and EMU July 19th 1997   Mulling over EMU July 5th 1997   Wangling or delaying EMU July 5th 1997   Europe’s firms prepare for the euro June 14th 1997   EMU versus enlargement June 7th 1997   Is EMU coming apart? May 31st 1997   Britain and the euro May 10th 1997   How to set exchange rates for EMU April 26th 1997   Who can join Europe’s currency? April 12th 1997   France still bets on the euro... March 15th 1997   The EMU-delaying debate March 15th 1997   Why EMU may test Ireland March 8th 1997   The costs of delaying EMU
			LINKS The euro has a homepage operated by the European Commission, with reference texts, speeches, statistical indicators ranging from the basic to the abstruse, plus images of euro notes and coins. Documents published by the European Central Bank are available online. EmuNet, a non-profit site, has news and features about the euro, updated daily. European Voice Online, a sister-publication from the Economist Group, has an archive of news and features on the same subject. Fact-sheets about European Monetary Union are available online from the European Parliament's directorate-general for research. A convenient collection of EU publications about monetary union is maintained online by the Eurotext service. Eurosceptical sites abound on the Internet: the Critical European Group at Keele University has many resources and further links.