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Introduction
Note that the name of the European currency, the euro, can create some con-
fusion about the terms Eurobond, Eurocurrencies, and Eurodollars. A Eurobond is
typically not a bond that is denominated in euros. A bond denominated in euros
is called a Eurobond only if
it is sold outside the countries that have adopted the
euro.
Similarly, Eurodollars have nothing to do with euros, but are instead U.S.
dollars deposited in banks outside the United States.
Until recently, the U.S. stock market was by far the largest in the world, but stock
markets in other countries have been growing in importance (see Table 2-3). Now
the United States is not always number one: in the mid-1980s, the value of stocks
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