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Report Copyright Violation | Syria Will End Dollar Peg Moves Reserves to Euros Add another one to the list folks. [ link to www.bloomberg.com] SNIP
Syria Will End Dollar Peg, Moves Reserves to Euros (Update1)
July 11 (Bloomberg) -- Syria, under fire from the U.S. for the alleged support of terrorism, plans to end its currency peg to the dollar by year-end to reflect closer trade ties with Europe, central bank Governor Adib Mayaleh said.
The Central Bank of Syria has already converted half its foreign-exchange reserves to euros, Mayaleh said in a telephone interview from Damascus, without being more specific. Syria's reserves, including gold, totaled $4.1 billion at the end of 2005, according to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
``We want to have a currency peg that will reflect our external trade,'' Mayaleh said yesterday. The European Union is Syria's largest trading partner, taking half of its exports, he said.
The country may instead link the Syrian pound to a weighted group of currencies including the euro or loans from the International Monetary Fund that are known as Special Drawing Rights, Mayaleh said. SDRs comprise the euro, dollar, yen and British pound.
Most Middle East countries, including the six oil-producing Persian Gulf monarchies and Jordan, peg their currencies to the dollar. Egypt and Iraq manage floated currencies. The Syrian pound is pegged at 52.2 versus the dollar, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: Syria Will End Dollar Peg Moves Reserves to Euros HUH THERE IS NO MORE SYRIA LOL THEY JUST GOT TURNED INTO A MUD PUDDLE ROFL |
DaJavoo
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: Syria Will End Dollar Peg Moves Reserves to Euros Yeah, Omega...I posted this in the morning...it seems like it's just one more country getting off the fiat currency. Soon the scales will swing. :DJrebelli: |
Omega (OP)
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: Syria Will End Dollar Peg Moves Reserves to Euros Shoot sorry I missed that Daj, I usually check first. Got a fat Telecaster in my hands and takin' care of business....be back later........ Handguns are a skill; shotguns an art; rifles a science.
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Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on whats for dinner.
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DaJavoo
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07/12/2006 08:15 PM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: Syria Will End Dollar Peg Moves Reserves to Euros Shoot sorry I missed that Daj, I usually check first.
Got a fat Telecaster in my hands and takin' care of business....be back later........
Quoting: OmegaNo probs...O-man... Hit a few licks on that baby for me!!! :DJrebelli: |
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: Syria Will End Dollar Peg Moves Reserves to Euros if true, they will be distroyed
by the jews |
paladin
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07/12/2006 08:23 PM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: Syria Will End Dollar Peg Moves Reserves to Euros Yeah, Omega...I posted this in the morning...it seems like it's just one more country getting off the fiat currency. Soon the scales will swing.
Quoting: DaJavoo now.....where did I put that gold last year..  |
