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Iran’s currency crashes as the regime runs out of oil to sell and can’t get its money from customers
With Iran’s economy in free fall, the country’s currency is getting dragged down too and continues to find new depths...
Despite its gains in global trade, the yuan isn’t going to replace the U.S. dollar in global reserve holdings any...
Over the past decade, the U.S. has begun to reconsider its role in the international order. Through tariffs on countries...
Saudi Arabia quietly dropped out of China’s mBridge digital payment platform, which Beijing has touted as an alternative to the dollar-dominated...
Steve H. Hanke is a Senior Contributing Columnist at Fortune and a Professor of Applied Economics at The Johns Hopkins...
The World Bank cautioned Zimbabwe against rushing to end the use of dollars in the economy as it could trigger...
With U.S. debt hitting $40 trillion, markets are turning more attention to that burden and whether policymakers will address the...
Steve Hanke earned the moniker “Money Doctor” after advising governments across the globe on how to use currencies to get...
Bitcoin has found some relief after months of selling pressure. On Wednesday, the cryptocurrency jumped nearly 6% to over $69,000,...
The first U.S.-Japan joint intervention in three decades aimed at boosting the yen has come and gone without doing much...
Last week’s attempt to boost the sagging yen wasn’t the first time the U.S. and Japan took such joint action,...
The U.S. is stepping in to help boost Japan’s yen for the first time in nearly three decades after the...
The yen rallied sharply on Monday amid speculation that authorities may have intervened to prop up the currency again after...
The US joined Japan in engineering one of the most notable rebounds in the yen since the currency began its...
Back in January 2025, Adam Turnquist built a chart. LPL Financial’s chief technical strategist had overlaid the U.S. Dollar Index’s...
Over the past year or so, obituary writers have taken aim at the U.S. dollar. They’ve spilled ink over the...
The U.S. Mint is now producing a $1 coin featuring President Donald Trump’s face, tied to celebrations of America’s 250th...
South Africans earning an income in major foreign currencies such as USD, GBP or EUR – whether through remote work,...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that US dollar-denominated bills featuring President Donald Trump’s signature were being introduced to commemorate the...
For decades, the U.S. largely held off on approving currency swaps with foreign powers, save for rare circumstances. When it...
China will continue stagnating as an ‘incomplete superpower’ until it can match U.S. financial might
President Donald Trump’s summit with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping ended last week without a major breakthrough, but still achieved Beijing’s...