Mere mortals may not understand the link between the exchange rate and inflation.

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The crises of the 1990s did, however, tend to have one thing in common: they all had some kind of fixed exchange rate, often a fixed peg or link to another currency, usually the dollar, or an exchange-rate band, again usually linked to the dollar.

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BA, which has long dictated aviation policy to British governments, duly offered to drop its resistance to open skies in exchange for approval for its link-up with American.

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Why then does he expect a system of fixed exchange rates absent at least one link to gold somewhere in the system would be anymore stable or durable?

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Meanwhile it is very interesting to think how the Internet of Things - that is, devices and objects with built-in connectivity - can link to our ability to use applications and exchange information socially.

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Since 2001 Australia's stock exchange has had a system in place called ASX World Link, which is intended to let Australian and U.S. investors trade selected stocks on each other's stock markets in their own currency.

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In the latest of many set-backs for a long-awaited link between Algerian gas fields and North Italy, the European Commission announced plans to demand expanded environmental requirements in exchange for Euro funding.

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