During the past year the Euro-currency market played a very large role in bridging over the oil-induced payments imbalances. In the interest of international monetary stability this market should now move somewhat away from the centre of the stage and leave the main responsibility for the...

This paper focuses mainly on the impact of exchange rate changes in key currencies on the external debt of developing countries. It presents a systematic way of analysing the impact of a strongly depreciating U.S. dollar vis-a-vis other major currencies on the external debt of developing countries.