currency

Tokyo intervened in the currency market over the summer to contain sharp yen declines, spending a record $50 billion in one day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

The yen’s slide remains one of the major risks for Japan’s price outlook, as a weak currency drives up prices of imports such as fuel and food.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

On currency markets the rupiah hit a record low against the dollar as traders rushed into the US unit on expectations the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates into the new year.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026

Asia's worst-performing currency this year weakened to as much as 18,253 to the greenback in afternoon trade, spurring the Indonesian central bank to intervene to provide support.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026

There were men standing near the checkpoint selling Guinean currency at whatever rate they pleased.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah

The dollar strengthened against rival currencies as markets increasingly bet on the possibility of more aggressive interest-rate hikes by the Federal Reserve.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

The dollar rose to a four-week high against a basket of currencies and ING said it was likely to remain firm in the near term on the prospect of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

Video games will also be banned from offering minors "pay-to-win" or "pay-to-progress" features, and in-game virtual currencies will have to show the real-world value of the currency used to purchase them.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

North Korea, whose state-backed hacking groups have been behind most of the largest crypto heists, has a track record of using THORChain to convert stolen assets into currencies like bitcoin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026

I started the ponderous conversion between currencies, then smiled as I realized it was unnecessary.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss