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Middle EastSeptember 1 2004

Single currency move

Several other members of the six Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) economies have traditionally had dollar pegs. And since the December 2001 Oman GCC summit decided to move the regional grouping towards a single currency by 2010, all Bahrain’s partners have moved to a dollar peg.

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