Scandinavian Monetary Union after Iceland was elevated to a separate kingdom in union with Denmark in 1918. Iceland cut its ties to Denmark in 1944 and became a republic. The Icelandic króna soon became volatile, causing a high inflation and in 1980 a currency reform was introduced, in which 1 new Icelandic króna was set to 100 original ones.. The Scandinavian Monetary Union was inspired by the Latin Monetary Union, established in 1865. According to economic historians Ingrid Henriksen and Niels Kærgård:Was the Scandinavian Currency Union a success? Yes and no. When the Union functioned at its best, which was only from 1901
Asian Monetary Unit common currency basket composed of 13 AMU currencies plus three other countries, Australia, New Zealand and India, which are strongly connected with Asian countries, is newly created as "AMU-wide". The AMU-wide, which is a common currency basket composed of wider range of currencies, will be expected to use as a surveillance indicator corresponding to the extensive regional economies. The calculation methodology of the AMU-wide and AMU-wide Deviation Indicators are same as those of the AMU. The benchmark period is defined as: should all be relatively close to zero. The "AMU" is a basket composed of 13 currencies. Asian Monetary Unit