Articles on Currency
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To stabilise the new currency the government must address its habit of printing money, overspending on its budgets and failing to expand the economy.
Kazakhstan’s abrupt currency devaluation in 2015 hit the poor hardest.
Ethiopia’s macroeconomic policy shift holds the promise of significant progress, but success is far from certain.
What do you know about your national currency? How about the cash used overseas? We studied wildlife imagery on banknotes around the world. Here’s what we found.
Air travelers left nearly $1 million behind at TSA checkpoints in 2023.
The theory that money emerged naturally encourages people to believe free markets are natural systems in which governments only interfere. But this thinking is flawed.
The law prohibiting abuse of the naira violates Nigerian cultural and traditional practices.
Raising interest rates can’t stop Japan’s currency from sinking to a record low.
Turkey’s central bank has raised interest rates in a much-needed reversal from years of unorthodox economic policy.
Africa’s largest economy is in crisis, and unrest is growing.
We can look at the value of the things we buy and sell.
The surprising frequency of bees on coins through history shows the enduring importance to human societies of our buzzing companions.
A Welsh mining company was the first to issue tokens to workers as an alternative form of payment.
Despite China’s economic power, the yuan lags as a major global currency. Here’s why current US interest rates and sanctions on Russia may change that.
Nigeria’s Central Bank didn’t have an adoption strategy for its digital currency. It was a missed opportunity.
It’s a popular but expensive way of paying.
As the US increasingly becomes a cashless society, it’s getting harder to use currency to pay for things – including taxes. One fearless economist gave it a try.
While breaking with one “tradition”, an Indigenous motif on Australia’s $5 banknote will restore another.
An expert in the field of cryptocurrencies answers the question: Is crypto really here to stay or is it just a fad?
Ghana’s sovereign risk has been downgraded to near junk status by ratings agencies in recent times.



















