Brics+ countries want a new international monetary order to reduce dependency on certain foreign currencies.
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Talk of a joint BRICS currency feeds into ‘decline of the dollar’ rhetoric. But it is the economic bloc’s focus on innovation that will reshape the international system.
There are a number of reasons why Ghana’s domestic borrowing is more expensive than foreign debt.
Most countries manipulate their currencies – at least a little – but at the moment that’s not the real reason they are undervalued relative to the dollar.
Investors – like everyone else – have little idea of what’s going to happen next and are reacting accordingly.
What looks from the outside like a domestic currency crash is in fact something far more dangerous.
It should not come as a surprise if the rupiah touches the Rp15,000 level by the end of the year.
The fate of Bitcoin’s fate is highly unpredictable and dependent on what governments will do in the future.
The London Interbank Offered Rates is one of the world’s key financial tools, but the 2008 rigging scandal has led to calls for its being phased out. Can we find better ways of building the LIBOR rate?
Global travelers are being increasingly asked if they want to pay for local purchases in terms of their home country currency. Here’s why you should resist the strong temptation to do so.
The way the pound rebounded does not reflect long-term confidence in the currency.
The drop in sterling following Brexit has been as strong as when Germany invaded France in 1940.
A weak pound might be good for exports but it is bad news for the investment that the economy is based on.
Emerging market countries that rely heavily on commodity exports will be hit hardest by Britain’s decision to leave the European Union.
Currency wars have been predicted for years. Outright monetary battles were last seen during the Great Depression of the 1930s, when governments competed to devalue their currencies to gain market advantage…
Suppose you’re in the supermarket shopping for groceries. While you’re strolling the aisle with your cart, a shadowy figure looms over your shoulder and changes the prices on the items you want to buy…
In imploring the world to be less dependent on the US dollar for international transactions, French finance minister Michel Sapin is expressing a wish that many of the euro’s creators hoped would already…
Politicians and regulators in charge of our foreign currency markets can’t see the wood for the trees. Even the banks themselves recognise allegations the world’s largest financial market has been rigged…
Authorities in New York have announced they are launching an investigation into the manipulation of the world’s biggest financial market – the US$5.3 trillion a day traded in currencies. New York regulators…
In the latest big scandal to hit the banking sector, regulators around the world are investigating whether foreign exchange markets have been rigged. At least seven major banks have been caught up in the…
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