Sent from my -BlackBerry Phone- -----Original Message----- From: MeLinda MeLisa <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 12:48:10 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: [StockForex] Estonia Joins Euro Club Currency 2011 Estonia Joins Euro Club Currency 2011 via Bloomberg.com - Dec 31, 2010 - Source: http://marketpin.blogspot.com/ Estonia Joins Euro Club as Currency Expands East Into Former Soviet Union Estonia tomorrow becomes the first former Soviet republic to join the euro, putting at least a temporary cap on the currency bloc’s expansion as the sovereign debt crisis ripples through Europe. Wedged between Russia and Latvia on the Baltic Sea, Estonia will at midnight become the 17th country to switch to the currency. Gross domestic product of 14 billion euros ($19 billion) makes it the second smallest euro economy after Malta. As Europe grapples with the financial crisis, Estonia is likely to be the last addition to the euro club for several years. Lithuania and Latvia, the next in line, are aiming for 2014 and bigger eastern countries have shied away from setting target dates. “The euro is still generally seen as a positive for the applicant countries as long as the conversion rate is somewhat competitive,” Elisabeth Gruie, an emerging-markets strategist at BNP Paribas SA in London, said in an email. High deficits are keeping Poland out and an “inner desire for independence” is the obstacle in the Czech Republic, she said. Debt estimated by the European Union at 8 percent of GDP in 2010 will make Estonia the fiscally soundest country in a currency bloc plagued by budget woes that forced Greece and Ireland to fall back on European and International Monetary Fund aid. Confidence in Euro “It is a sign of the confidence of Estonia toward the euro, despite the current difficulties, which will be a positive signal to the markets,” Joseph Daul of France, floor leader of center-right parties in the European Parliament, said in an e- mailed statement. Estonia’s central bank chief, Andres Lipstok, 53, will join the European Central Bank’s policy-setting council, taking part in his first interest-rate vote on Jan. 13 in Frankfurt. Some 85 million euro coins featuring a map of Estonia and 12 million banknotes go into circulation tomorrow, according to the central bank, starting a two-week phase out of the national currency, the kroon. One euro buys 15.6466 krooni. The 1.3 million Estonians have little experience of monetary autonomy. In June 1992, less than a year after regaining independence from the Soviet Union, Estonia shifted from the Russian ruble to a national currency that it immediately pegged to the German mark. The exchange rate was locked to the euro when the first 11 countries began using it in 1999. Source: http://marketpin.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------------ ## StockForex ## _________________ ::Forum:: All about Forex and Stock Trading ; all currency pairs. All Major World Indices, Asian Stock Index. and Individual/single stock. We're not goin' anywhere Well, it's all right here. Enjoy it !! :) _________________ http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/StockForex Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------ Kunjungi situs http://www.info-saham.com untuk informasi seputar saham. SEMUA POSTING DI MILIS INI TANGGUNG JAWAB PENGIRIM EMAIL DAN BUKAN ADMIN MILIS. SEMUA POSTING DI MILIS INI BUKAN UNTUK MENGAJAK MEMBELI ATAU MENJUAL EFEK. SETIAP KEPUTUSAN INVESTASI MENJADI TANGGUNG JAWAB PIHAK PEMILIK INVESTASI ATAU PEMILIK MODAL. [email protected] untuk berhenti dari milis saham [email protected] untuk bergabung ke milis saham Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saham/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saham/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
