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    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      News in-depthIraq
      Crippling dollar shortage underscores vulnerability of Iraq’s oil-based economy

      Attempts to control a monetary crisis have had unintended consequences for a country struggling to get back on its feet

    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: March
      Strong dollar helps US buyers boost UK jewellery sales

      Favourable exchange rates provided a welcome uplift in 2022, both at stores and online

    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      News in-depthRussian economy
      Russia embraces China’s renminbi in face of western sanctions

      Shift away from using ‘toxic currencies’ for trade and reserves accompanies increase in yuan-denominated bank accounts

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      Trade Secrets
      The banking crisis and the indispensable dollar Premium content

      With the Federal Reserve backstopping bank liquidity worldwide, the US currency has no effective challenger

    • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
      Central banks
      Central banks announce dollar liquidity measures to ease banking crisis

      Turmoil prompts authorities to launch daily operations to access dollar funding via standing swap lines

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      Markets InsightBrendan Greeley
      SVB failure raises a question: who gets to create dollars?

      We should ask whether creators like banks should face more regulation or pay more in insurance premiums

    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      Argentina
      Argentina to launch ‘Malbec dollar’ exchange rate to spur wine exports

      Measure follows ‘soy dollar’ policy as producers struggle and government seeks to boost foreign currency reserves

    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      Bank of Japan
      Kuroda sticks to guns in last BoJ meeting after ‘bazooka’ decade

      Departing governor leaves measures to change ultra-loose policies to successor Kazuo Ueda

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      Japanese business & finance
      Investors warn Japan’s foreign bond buying spree is at risk

      Cost of hedging against swings in the yen wipes out extra returns for buyers looking overseas

    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
      Pound Sterling
      Investors expect further sterling gains from Sunak’s Brexit deal

      UK-EU agreement over Northern Ireland should help the pound though dollar’s strength will dampen recovery, analysts say

    • Saturday, 25 February, 2023
      Pound Sterling
      Egypt proves more affordable for British holidaymakers

      High inflation has made the country good value, according to Post Office Holiday Money Index

    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      Bank of Japan
      Is the Bank of Japan really easing policy?

      (No)

    • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
      Emerging markets
      Developing countries’ debts mount as pandemic and strong dollar hit finances

      Institute of International Finance reports debt burdens for large low- and middle-income countries are at record highs

    • Saturday, 18 February, 2023
      US Dollar
      Dollar bounces back as US economy defies doubters

      Currency picks up after falling more than 11% since October

    • Friday, 17 February, 2023
      FT live news
      Live news updates from February 17: Qatari banker bids for Man U, European gas hits 18-month low
    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      UK inflation
      Sterling drops as inflation data points to Bank of England pause

      Pound hits six-week low on bets UK monetary tightening is nearly over, while US rates may have further to rise

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      Emerging market investing
      Strong dollar fuels wave of emerging market currency devaluations

      Economists say more countries likely to follow Egypt, Pakistan and Lebanon in letting currencies weaken

    • Friday, 10 February, 2023
      Claer Barrett
      Could a digital pound pay off for consumers?

      The Bank of England’s ‘Britcoin’ project could transform transactions — but questions about who gains from our data remain

    • Friday, 10 February, 2023
      ExplainerPound Sterling
      How would a digital pound operate and what would it mean for cash?

      The Bank of England is starting preparatory work on a possible alternative to physical banknotes

    • Sunday, 5 February, 2023
      Nouriel Roubini
      A bipolar currency regime will replace the dollar’s exorbitant privilege

      The greenback is bound sooner or later to feel the effects of intensifying geopolitical rivalry between the US and China

    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      US Dollar
      US dollar hits reverse gear as Fed cedes rate-rise ‘driver’s seat’

      Focus has shifted to the European Central Bank and Bank of Japan after last year’s big increase in US borrowing costs

    • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
      Currencies
      Smile, you’re on USD

      StanChart gets cheeky

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      Iraq
      Iraq sacks central bank governor as dinar slides in value

      Former governor Ali Mohsen al-Allaq returns as Baghdad struggles with a lack of dollars

    • Saturday, 21 January, 2023
      ExplainerCharts that Matter
      Euro regains ground against dollar as global economic outlook improves

      Falling gas prices and easing fears of a deep, continent-wide recession in 2023 have brightened prospects for Europe

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      Zoltan Pozsar
      Great power conflict puts the dollar’s exorbitant privilege under threat

      The monetary order is already being challenged by de-dollarisation efforts and central bank digital currencies

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