英鎊區(Sterling area)[1][2]是指本國貨幣匯率和英鎊掛鉤,以及使用英鎊作為本國貨幣的國家。1931年英鎊脫離金本位制後,英鎊區開始出現。第二次世界大戰後,雖然不乏英聯邦國家留在英鎊區,但由於英國經濟地位的下降導致英鎊貶值,英鎊區逐漸消失。1972年6月,英國政府實施外匯管制,標誌英鎊區正式解體。
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參考資料
- ^ Haraszti, György. Questions of International Law 2. Brill. 1981: 114 [2021-05-16]. ISBN 90-286-0830-3. (原始内容存档于2016-05-08).
it was not until 1947, under the aegis of the British Exchange Control Act, that the area acquired some degree of legal formality. In that Act the members of the sterling area are referred to as the "scheduled territories" [...]
- ^ Schenk, Catherine. The Decline of Sterling. Cambridge Univ. Press. 2010: 22 [2021-05-16]. ISBN 978-1-139-48725-2. (原始内容存档于2016-05-07).
The [Exchange Control Act] identified members of the sterling area as 'scheduled territories'.
- ^ Brenchley, Frank, "Britain and the Middle East:an economic history 1945-1987" [1] (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
- ^ United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine.