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A common currency for the Caribbean

  • Central Bank Of Barbados
  • 24 Jul,1990
  • 35
  • Working Papers,
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This paper advocates the establishment of a regional Caribbean dollar, fixed in terms of the US dollar, and backed with ample reserves of foreign exchange. The Issuing Authority would be constitutionally debarred from issuing money not backed by foreign exchange, above a modest limit. Such a proposal is tantamount to a recommendation that the Caribbean join the US currency area, and is justified by economic theory as fully as by popular intuition.

WP1990-21