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W.African anglophone states criticise move to rename CFA

Abuja, Nigeria | AFP |  English-speaking West African countries on Thursday criticised a move to rename the CFA franc used by former French colonies, saying the move jarred with plans to introduce a region-wide currency of the same name. Members of the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) Convergence Council said …

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The monetary cosmopolitans

By Richard S. Grossman Instead of filling central banks’ top positions with “insiders”, it is becoming smarter to hire an outsider Can you imagine a French citizen being elected President of the United States? Or a Japanese prime minister of the United Kingdom? Or a Mexican chancellor of Germany? Probably …

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