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therealdrag0today at 4:28 PM1 replyview on HN

Wouldn’t joining EU give up central banking in the same way?


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inigyoutoday at 4:32 PM

It would, and this has been an issue even with bigger eurozone countries, like Greece.

Basically the same pressure that would have adjusted your exchange rates instead adjusts how much of the fixed-rate currency exists in your country. With fluctuating rates the pain of a financial outflow is more evenly spread than with a government running out of money, unless the government adjusts taxes to compensate.