Currency

By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) – In a country shaken by years of political volatility, Peru’s national currency has emerged as a mainstay of relative stability among Latin American foreign …

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gave the U.S. dollar a vote on confidence on Monday after he was asked if a weakening greenback might spur …

SEOUL (Reuters) – The central banks of South Korea and Indonesia signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday to cooperate on promoting the use of their currencies for bilateral transactions, …

By Patrick Werr CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s economy will grow 4.0% this fiscal year and 4.5% next even as it endures a continuing depreciation in its currency, a Reuters poll …

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The yuan became the most widely-used currency for cross-border transactions in China in March, overtaking the dollar for the first time, official data showed, reflecting efforts by …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – There was “some evidence” that China wants the dollar to weaken as the international reserve currency, said a White House nominee for a top economist position on …

By Elena Fabrichnaya and Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina on Wednesday rejected lawmakers’ requests to tighten currency restrictions in response to rouble weakening, warning …

‘Reckless And Destructive’: Tucker Carlson Says Biden Trashed Dollar’s Status As Reserve Currency Harold Hutchison on April 5, 2023 Fox News host Tucker Carlson said Wednesday that President Joe Biden …

By Patrick Werr CAIRO (Reuters) – The Egyptian pound lost ground on the black market again in recent days in a sign that halving its official value over the past …

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank announced the start of a digital currency pilot project on Monday, aiming to replicate the success of its instant payment system Pix to popularize …

By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka will relax its currency band from next week, its central bank said on Friday, as part of efforts to move towards a …

HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe will from now on measure inflation using a weighted average of items priced in Zimbabwean dollars and U.S. dollars, the government said on Friday. Previously the …

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s rial currency sank to a record low against the U.S. dollar on Saturday despite central bank measures aimed at cooling demand for foreign currency from savers …

STERLING, Va. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers are facing an alarming trend of travelers violating U.S. currency reporting laws after officers seized $350,918 in unreported currency since New …

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s central bank said it renewed on Monday a currency swap agreement with its Australian counterpart, valued at 9.6 trillion won or A$12 billion, for five …

LONDON (Reuters) -The Bank of England (BoE) and Britain’s finance ministry think the UK is likely to need to create a central bank digital currency (CBDC) later this decade, the …

By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s currency firmed and interest rate futures jumped on Thursday as a more hawkish outlook from the central bank led economists to push back …

PHILADELPHIA – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized more than $200,000 in unreported currency from a Nigeria-bound New Jersey man at Philadelphia International Airport Sunday night. While conducting outbound …

By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) – South America is not likely to have a common currency bloc to rival the euro any time soon, analysts said on Monday, despite …