currency

In exchange for its manpower, North Korea gets food, oil and hard currency.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

The repricing has coincided with a sharp strengthening of the Japanese yen across currency markets.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

For a lobbyist in Brussels, the currency is access: a strong network, a deep knowledge of the EU's labyrinthine institutions and policymakers' trust.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

“The price action could reflect some initial disappointment that the size of the bond buyback was not even bigger,” Lee Hardman, senior currency analyst at MUFG, said in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

That, in combination with the advent of the euro as a common currency, has created a single economic zone out of a region once divided by an Iron Curtain.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

On the other hand, net commodity exporters such as Malaysia, and to a lesser extent, Indonesia, could see some offset on its currencies against the oil shock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

The leaders are also likely to explore ways to make cross-border payments in local currencies easier.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

The dollar softened, falling by 0.1% against a basket of global currencies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Over a long time frame this encouraged the carry trade, a strategy whereby short positions in the perennially weak, low-yielding yen are used to fund long positions in higher-yielding or riskier assets in other currencies.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 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