英镑区(Sterling area)[1][2]是指本国货币汇率和英镑挂钩,以及使用英镑作为本国货币的国家。1931年英镑脱离金本位制后,英镑区开始出现。第二次世界大战后,虽然不乏共和联邦国家留在英镑区,但由于英国经济地位的下降导致英镑贬值,英镑区逐渐消失。1972年6月,英国政府实施外汇管制,标志英镑区正式解体。

英镑区成员国列表

参考资料

  1. ^ 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" [...] 
  2. ^ 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'. 
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine.