Dictionary definition: Black Wednesday

Article: Cover-up row over Black Wednesday documents.
The Evening Standard (London, England);  February 4, 2005 ;     456 words ... ... papers on Britain's 1992 exit from the European monetary system. The Black Wednesday documents were reportedly held back after ... damaging to its opponents." Many believe Black Wednesday destroyed overnight the Tories' reputation ...

Article: Can Europe put EMU together again? (European ...
The Economist (US);  May 8, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... unaffected. Time to think again This will not do. Even if nothing else had changed, widespread support for the idea that "Black Wednesday" delivered Britain to recovery would alter the character of the ERM. Whatever the merits of that view, its popularity ...

Article: Britain and Euro: Not 'If' but 'When' 5 Years After 'Black ...
International Herald Tribune;  September 18, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... currency crash hours later. Five years ago this week, Black Wednesday was the seminal event of Britain's recent political history ... May, as well as the growing belief in the likelihood of European monetary union, that the question is as much one of when, as of ...

Article: The sources of policy dynamics: variations in German and French ...
West European Politics;  July 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... The conventional wisdom concerning European monetary affairs is that the Germans and French ... possible inflationary consequences of European monetary institutions. This popular view ... allegedly have shaped the negotiations on European monetary institutions. Thus, the conventional ...

Article: The Political Economy of European Monetary ...
American Political Science Review;  September 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... provided a timetable for completion of European monetary unification, renamed the European ... pillars. The Political Economy of European Monetary Unification is a collection of essays ... essay, "The Political Economy of European Monetary Unification," by Eichengreen and ...

Article: European Monetary Integration: Past, Present, and ...
Journal of Markets & Morality;  September 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ...European Monetary Integration: Past, Present ... major test is still to arrive. In European Monetary Integration, the editors E ... the historical background of a European monetary union provides a concise summary ...

Article: Towards European Monetary Union
The Secured Lender;  January 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ...TOWARDS EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION by Sir Nicholas Goodison I wonder if European Monetary Union has been taken seriously enough by ... advantages and disadvantages of a future European Monetary Union or the likely inclusion or exclusion ...