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Quiz: 1 Multi-Coloured Swap Shop; 2 Tony Blair; 3 The Belgian Franc; 4 Reykjavik; 5 Paris; 6 The eye; 7 A bird; 8 Africa; 9 Martin Amis; 10 The Tudors.

After the War, surplus of earnings by the Congo in currencies other than the Belgian franc all accrued to the National Bank of Belgium.

'The colonies have been created for the metropole by the metropole': by Dr Walter Rodney--this extract from his seminal work published in 1972, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, shows how the "golden years" of the colonial era intensified the development of Europe and America by Africa

28 February: the Belgian franc ceases to be legal tender.

Calendar of main economic events. (Annex V)

"All these currencies, the Italian lira, Belgian franc, Spanish peseta and US dollar are a real exchange rate headache.

The Euro is good for business-Cfa zone. (Finance)

The Belgian franc sprung from its French equivalent and began to circulate when Belgium was annexed to France under Napoleon at the end of the 18th century.

IT'S E-DAY; New dawn for 300m in Europe as Britain sits it out

THE arrival of the Belgian franc was a source of great pride.

GOODBYE TO ALL THIS

Table 5 indicates that the nominal Belgian franc appreciates when the real Belgian franc is below (but not above) its long-run value.

Long-Run Purchasing Power Parity with Asymmetric Adjustment

[3] The currencies include the Austrian schilling, the Belgian franc, the Danish kroner, the Finnish markkaa, the French franc, the German mark, the Greek drachma, the Irish punt, the Italian lira, the Dutch guilder, the Portuguese escudos, the Spanish peseta, the Swedish kronor, and the British pound.

Generalized Purchasing Power Parity and the Case of the European Union as a Successful Currency Area

84.03 82.23 French franc (Per Unit) 20.41 19.95 Dutch guilder (Per Unit) 60.76 59.40 Belgian franc (Per 100 Units) 331.90 324.50 Danish krone (Per Unit) 18.12 17.52 Norwegian krone

Spot foreign exchange quotations

Let's assume the final exchange rates to the dollar fixed into the euro are 5 for the French franc, 1.9 for the deutsche mark and 40 for the Belgian franc. What would happen to the firm's income?

NAVIGATING EUROPE'S EVOLVING CURRENCY ENVIRONMENT

Nonetheless, as a result of the 1996-97 depreciation of the Belgian franc in effective terms, the continuing good cost-price performance of domestic firms relative to foreign competitors, and the projected sustained expansion in neighbouring countries, net exports should continue to support growth.

Belgium

The 12 national currencies being replaced by the euro from January 1 are the French franc, German mark, Spanish peseta, Dutch guilder, Italian lira, Greek drachma, Irish punt, Austrian schilling, Portuguese escudo, Belgian franc, Luxembourg franc, and Finnish markka.

Old francs, pesetas and drachmas add up for Age Concern