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Economy / United Arab Emirates

Don't Expect A Single Currency By 2010

July 2008 | Economic Alert

Internal disputes, the inflation problem and a continuing dependence on unpredictable oil revenues all suggest further delays for the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) currency union

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