Currency war, also known as competitive devaluations, is a condition in international affairs where countries seek to gain a trade advantage over other...
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Currency Wars (simplified Chinese: 货币战争; traditional Chinese: 貨幣戰爭; pinyin: Huòbì zhànzhēng), also referred to as The Currency War, is an essay by Chinese...
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United States dollar (redirect from Currency of the United States of America)
international reserve currency after the First World War, and displaced the pound sterling as the world's primary reserve currency by the Bretton Woods...
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The Currency War of 2009–2011 was an episode of competitive devaluation which became prominent in the financial press in September 2010. It involved states...
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A currency union (also known as monetary union) is an intergovernmental agreement that involves two or more states sharing the same currency. These states...
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Euro (redirect from Euro currency)
The euro (symbol: €; currency code: EUR) is the official currency of 20 of the 27 member states of the European Union. This group of states is officially...
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A reserve currency is a foreign currency that is held in significant quantities by central banks or other monetary authorities as part of their foreign...
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A currency is a standardization of money in any form, in use or circulation as a medium of exchange, for example banknotes and coins. A more general definition...
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Foreign exchange reserves (redirect from Currency reserves)
exchange rate of its currency, and to maintain confidence in financial markets. Reserves are held in one or more reserve currencies, nowadays mostly the...
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The mark was a currency or unit of account in many states. It is named for the mark unit of weight. The word mark comes from a merging of three Germanic...
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yuán; [ɥæ̌n] ) is the base unit of a number of former and present-day currencies in Chinese. A yuan (Chinese: 圓/元; pinyin: yuán) is also known colloquially...
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Devaluation (redirect from Currency devaluation)
country's currency within a fixed exchange-rate system, in which a monetary authority formally sets a lower exchange rate of the national currency in relation...
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Australia–China trade war, (2017/18–present) China–United States trade war (2018–present) Business and economics portal Balance of trade Currency war Economic sanctions...
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Pound sterling (redirect from British currency)
Sterling (ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories. The pound (sign: £) is the main unit of sterling...
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Unicode currency symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of currency symbols. A currency symbol...
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Indian rupee (redirect from Indian currency)
is the official currency in India. The rupee is subdivided into 100 paise (Hindi plural; singular: paisa). The issuance of the currency is controlled by...
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In macroeconomics, hard currency, safe-haven currency, or strong currency is any globally traded currency that serves as a reliable and stable store of...
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A currency crisis is a type of financial crisis, and is often associated with a real economic crisis. A currency crisis raises the probability of a banking...
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Roman currency for most of Roman history consisted of gold, silver, bronze, orichalcum and copper coinage. From its introduction during the Republic, in...
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continental currency — to fund the war effort. To meet the monetary demands of the war, state and continental governments printed large amounts of currency, leading...
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Reichsmark (redirect from German Allied Military Currency)
Reichsmark (German: [ˈʁaɪçsˌmaʁk] ; sign: ℛ︁ℳ︁; abbreviation: RM) was the currency of Germany from 1924 until the fall of Nazi Germany in 1945, and in the...
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Japanese currency has a history covering the period from the 8th century CE to the present. After the traditional usage of rice as a currency medium, Japan...
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Brazilian real (redirect from Brazil currency)
The Brazilian real (pl. reais; sign: R$; code: BRL) is the official currency of Brazil. It is subdivided into 100 centavos. The Central Bank of Brazil...
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The Currency Act or Paper Bills of Credit Act is one of several Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain that regulated paper money issued by the colonies...
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South African rand (redirect from Rand (currency))
African rand, or simply the rand, (sign: R; code: ZAR) is the official currency of South Africa. It is subdivided into 100 cents (sign: "c"), and a comma...
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Confederate States dollar (redirect from Confederate States of America Currency)
000. As the war began to turn against the Confederates, confidence in the currency diminished, and the government inflated the currency by continuing...
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Bretton Woods system (category Economic history of World War II)
lend reserve currencies to nations with balance of payments deficits. Preparing to rebuild the international economic system while World War II was still...
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Fractional currency, also referred to as shinplasters, was introduced by the United States federal government following the outbreak of the Civil War. These...
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are 39 currencies currently in official use in the Americas. All de jure present currencies in the Americas are listed here, including currencies from countries...
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Currency manipulator is a designation applied by United States government authorities, such as the United States Department of the Treasury, to countries...
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