... and achievements in the long run. This assessment explores the European Monetary field, hopefully giving some coherence to it along the way. Part 1- Give a brief description of the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM). As with most economic and social provision in Europe, the early stages of monetary union stemmed from the establishing Treaty Of Rome. Although they were only minor provisions, the treaty did lay down fixed exchange rates, (and possibilities of adjustments to this). Bretton Woods devised this Dollar-based system: where currencies were set at an agreed par value on an adjustable peg scale against the US Dollar. In the 1960s, Members of the EEC were also members of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The Fund applied Wood's theory, in that each of the participating currencies 'pegged' onto the Dollar by undertaking to keep the market value of its currency within a band: where the ceiling was 1% above its Dollar ...

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