Today’s financial turmoil and economic downturn are highlighting the EMU’s advantages in several important ways. First, the euro has eliminated the possibility of exchange-rate turbulence and speculative currency attacks that more vulnerable economies could have expected in the current turmoil.
如今的金融风暴和经济衰退凸显了欧洲“经济和货币联盟”在几个重要方面的优势。首先，欧元消除了汇率动荡的可能性，也消除了那些脆弱经济体在目前的动荡中若没有货币联盟的话可能会遭遇的对其货币的投机性攻击。作为一个稳定和强大的世界性货币，欧元也在全球范围内限制了汇率的不稳定。