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  • Eurocurrency
    Eurocurrency
    noun
    funds deposited in the bank of a European country in the currency of another country.
  • eurocurrency
    eurocurrency
    noun
    (sometimes capital)

Eurocurrency

American  
[yoor-oh-kur-uhn-see, ‑-kuhr‑, yur‑] / ˈjʊər oʊˌkɜr ən si, ‑ˌkʌr‑, ˈjɜr‑ /

noun

Eurocurrencies plural
  1. funds deposited in the bank of a European country in the currency of another country.


eurocurrency British  
/ ˈjʊərəʊˌkʌrənsɪ /

noun

  1. (sometimes capital)

    1. the currency of any country held on deposit in Europe outside its home market: used as a source of short- or medium-term finance, esp in international trade, because of easy convertibility

    2. ( as modifier )

      the eurocurrency market

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of Eurocurrency

Euro- ( def. ) + currency ( def. )

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The non-Communist world may well evolve into two huge trading and currency areas, one based on Eurocurrency and the other based on the dollar.

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Yet for foreign borrowers, this high cost of U.S. money remains competitive in most instances with interest rates in the Eurocurrency market, although currency fluctuations can make one or the other market momentarily more attractive.

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When the Fed tightens money to restrict loans in the U.S., banks often bring back the funds from the Eurocurrency market.

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Last month the country could obtain Eurocurrency credits on highly favorable terms.

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Even if foreign-exchange dealings were to return to normal, international bankers face another major problem: stagnation in the "Eurocurrency" market.

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British Novelist Margaret Drabble has described the Eurocurrencies as ''colorless, odorless, tasteless, unspendable money that passes in hieroglyphics through computers from one part of the globe to another.''

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On the other side, worried government bankers agree with Guido Carli, former chief of Italy's central bank, that Eurocurrencies have become ''the root of all evil in the international monetary system.''

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If they simply borrowed, say, dollars in New York or pounds in London, they would be forced to pay stiffer rates than for Eurocurrencies.

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