The euro shows both the promises and pitfalls of unified currency systems. Economic sovereignty remains a key barrier to ...

Figuring out how much money exists in the world is a tricky business. Money isn’t just coins and bills; it comes in many ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said he told the leaders of Japan and China they could not continue to reduce the value of their ...

By 1958 the System was so successful that trade was booming, all the major currencies were convertible ... The American navy prowled the world, American banks [had] their flags in all the foreign ...

Here's a great chart from M&G Investments showing how all the world's big currencies did against the dollar this year. The Argentine Peso as a major gainer is not what you'd expect to see.

These empires often backed their currencies with precious metals, typically gold, in addition to the implicit backing of the state. Following World War I, the British economy struggled to regain ...

Because governments were required to convert domestic currency into gold on request, the amount of currency they could print was limited by the amount of gold in their reserves ... Germany and other ...

KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit ended the week on a stronger note against major currencies, rising 1.11 per cent versus the US dollar today, buoyed by improved sentiment amid a promising outlook ...

The local currency rose versus the Japanese yen to 2.9518/9645 from 2.9754/9784 last week, was firmer vis-a-vis the euro to 4.7723/7922 from 4.7862/7906 and strengthened against the British pound ...

Rather, the shift out of dollars has been in two directions: a quarter into the Chinese renminbi, and three quarters into the currencies of smaller countries that have played a more limited role as ...