VOL. XXXV

NO. 50

14-SEPTEMBER-1992

Financial and Banking News

Economic Perspectives

Dollar's Slide Causes Real Revenue Problems for OPEC

The falling value of the dollar has again raised the issue of whether OPECcountries are wise to continue using the US currency, and it alone, as the basisfor oil prices. The question is hardly a new one - it is discussed every timethe dollar slides against international currencies - but it remains of vitalconcern to many OPEC members, who have seen the purchasing...