Title: Advantages & disadvantages of single currencies
Headings: 
Advantages & disadvantages of single currencies
Advantages & disadvantages of single currencies / monetary integration
Arguments for a single currency
Arguments against a single currency

Content: A single currency will remove these costs. Increased price transparency - prices in different currencies can be difficult to compare. How often do you travel around with a calculator, to check the price of something in another country? If everything is in the same currency, price comparison is straightforward. This may help firms cut costs, as they will be able to find the cheapest product more easily. Increased competition and efficiency - a single currency should encourage greater competition as there is greater transparency in prices. This should help increase efficiency as firms are forced to remain competitive. Increased inward investment - the single market in Europe has in excess of 200 million consumers and after enlargement in 2004 has in excess of 300 million. The Euro is one of the most significant world currencies. Both these things add up to the possibility of increased inward investment from the rest of the world into Europe.