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Questions about a system of money in general use in a particular country or its relationship to international trade, such as, exchange rates or reserve currencies.

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Would China currency-swap deal with Argentina be made useless if Argentina would switch to the U.S. dollar?

The People’s Bank of China made available $6.5 billion to Argentina from a currency swap line the countries share, President Alberto Fernandez announced Wednesday after meeting with President Xi ...
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How do central banks outside the U.S. issue USD?

How do central banks outside the U.S. issue USD? Sometimes, during a recession, you need to issue currency to get the economy going, but sometimes you have a central bank that uses the currency of ...
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Destruction of mutilated US currency. Does the BEP or US government agencies track the serial numbers of destroyed currencies?

Does BEP or any other government agency track the serial numbers of mutilated currencies that are destroyed?
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Why is the composition of China's foreign exchange reserves classified information?

The exact composition of China's foreign exchange reserves is classified information.[7][8] In July 2019, China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange announced that at the end of 2014, US dollar ...
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Why won't China reduce its exposure to US dollars after all this talk of decoupling?

As Treasury yields soar, however, that thinking may be changing - the two-year is up 50 basis points this month and close to November's 15-year high of 4.88%, while the 10-year is up 40 basis points ...
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What advantages does China benefit from hiding a large amount of currency reserve from the rest of the world?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-30/china-has-3-trillion-of-hidden-currency-reserves-setser-says China is sitting on a $6 trillion pile of money, half of which is “hidden,” and that ...
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What is the effect of removing certain denomination of a currency?

About yesterday the Indian government withdrew 2000 rupee notes in circulation ref. Typically, when stuff like this happens, the explanation is that the attempt is to combat black money. This answer ...
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Why not print more money rather than taxes? [duplicate]

To my understanding, printing money devalues the currency because there is now more money in circulation. Now, the purpose of taxes is to absorb money back into the government directly. However, this ...
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What are the pros and cons that a new common currency for Latin America bring to the region?

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/03/what-do-talks-about-a-south-american-common-currency-say-about-globalization/ Argentina and Brazil recently announced preliminary plans to form a common ...
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Why is confidence in U.S. banking at 27%?

"Gallup first measured confidence in institutions in 1973 and has done so annually since 1993. This year's survey was conducted June 1-20.": "Now I am going to read you a list of ...
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Will the UK replace its banknotes and coins now there is a new monarch?

All sterling coins in circulation and most sterling banknotes have a picture of the late Queen Elizabeth II. Will they be replaced by ones with pictures of King Charles III?
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Why is Russia limiting its gas supply to the EU instead of stopping it altogether?

Recently, Russia has markedly reduced gas sold to European nations in their gas pipelines. This seems very strange to me. In my opinion, the only two logical amounts of gas to sell would be "as ...
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ELI5: Why is Russia's requirement for oil to be paid in Roubles abnormal?

There seem to be various stories of Russia cutting off various neighbouring and other Euro states from its oil over failing to pay for the oil in Roubles (this is independent of the Ukranian war and ...
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How are the European countries paying Russia in Rubles?

As far as I understood, for the purchase of Russian gas, European countries can't pay Russia in EUR because of their sanction on Russia. On the other hand, as per Putin's decree, Russia only accepts ...
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How is printing money different from taxing people?

From what I understand, printing money gives the government more money while, in time, decreasing the value of the rest of the money in circulation (or reducing how much the value of the currency ...
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Is the Ruble exchange rate a reliable indicator of economic stability in Russia?

Back in February 2022, it seemed like the Ruble would rapidly collapse. However, nowadays, the USD/RUB exchange rate looks better than at any time in the past year: You could argue that this is a &...
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Why does Russia insist on oil payments in rubles and Europe refuses? [duplicate]

Many European countries import oil and/or gas from Russia. Russia demands payment in rubles, the European countries mostly insist on payment in Euros. I'm sure both sides have good reasons, but I don'...
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What checklist a country would have before making bilateral currency exchange with Russia?

Bilateral currency exchange like in between India or China with Russia at this moment is risky because the currencies would be pegged to Euro when the Rouble is losing value more than the former two's ...
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What does Putin/Russia gain from only accepting payment for gas in Rubles?

Yesterday, Vladimir Putin announced that "unfriendly" countries would need to pay for Russian gas in Rubles in the near future. The news came with speculation that this is a move to prop up ...
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Why did Russia have their foreign currency reserves in overseas banks?

According to this BBC article, Russia anticipated that their invasion of Ukraine would lead to sanctions and one of their ways to sanction proof their economy was to build a large foreign currency ...
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Why is the Afghan currency stronger than the Pakistani currency?

Afghanistan is a war-torn country. Afghanistan doesn't have any relations with the external world. However, it seems that the Afghan currency is stronger than the Pakistani currency: What should be ...
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How has demonetization affected India in hindsight?

On 8 November 2016, the Government of India announced the demonetization of all ₹500 and ₹1,000 banknotes of the Mahatma Gandhi Series. It also announced the issuance of new ₹500 and ₹2,000 banknotes ...
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Which countries apply one-tiered system or two-tiered system in implementing CBDC?

Central Bank Digital Currrency (CBDC) has been proliferated since 2014. Since then, some countries have implemented the one-tiered system or two-tiered system in management. One-tiered system is that ...
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Why is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan allowing the Turkish Lira to plunge?

If you have been into Turkish Lira recently, you would be shocked you see that the Turkish Lira's value has been lost more than two times as compare to its value 2 years ago. Now, there have been ...
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Why is Switzerland holding such a large foreign exchange reserve?

According to Wikipedia's List of countries by foreign-exchange reserves: Why is Switzerland holding such a large foreign exchange reserve? Asian countries decided to maintain a large foreign exchange ...
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Why do some African countries use the CFA franc if it means that they need to pay France money to be able to print money for their economies?

Why do some African countries use the CFA franc if it means that they need to pay France money to be able to print money for their economies? Strictly speaking, the CFA franc is the name given to two ...
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Why doesn't the U.S. ban or regulate cryptocurrency to stop it being used by other countries to evade U.S. sanctions?

Why doesn't the U.S. outlaw or strictly regulate cryptocurrency to prevent it from being used by other countries to evade U.S. sanctions? Is there a rationale behind this? Is there a concern about the ...
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What interventions could decrease the price of Bitcoin? [closed]

The high value of some cryptocurrencies, in particular Bitcoin has had the effect of causing a significant increase in the demand for electricity leading to increases of carbon emissions. (See https:/...
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Why does the Executive make (promulgate) laws? The laws should be made by the legislative

The Executive, as its name suggests, should be working for the execution and in the Polity, I think, it would be executing the laws. The laws are made (or consented, if you like) by the legislative (...
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Why is using the euro instead of a local currency such a big deal and why is the wealth of the society an argument?

I think this is a question of both economics and politics, but I decided to ask it here. There will soon be elections in Poland. There was a debate about this question: should Poland keep the złoty (...
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Has any government throughout history banned foreign currencies?

Has any government throughout history banned foreign currencies? It happened in Zimbabwe in 2019 for example. How about other countries? I'm also interested in broader answers, like governments ...
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Why do US police treat using counterfeit money as an emergency?

One thing that surprises me about the George Floyd incident is that the police would treat the passing of a counterfeit $20 in a corner shop as some kind of an emergency. If someone called the ...
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What are the benefits of a national cryptocurrency?

I have read about the Marshall Islands partnering with the company Algorand to produce their own cryptocurrency that will act as the nation's official currency. Is there any special benefit from ...
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What in EU rules prevents competitive currency devaluation (outside the Eurozone)?

Not every country in the EU is in the Eurozone. Given that the Single Market prevents EU countries from slapping each other with tariffs (Trump style), what prevents the countries in the EU but not in ...
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How did India replace of pre 1947 currency?

As India and Pakistan got independence from British, there were British Indian currency in circulation. Was that currency banned/replaced in a similar fashion as demonetisation of 2016, where old ...
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Has the Thai government taken a position on the strength of the Thai Baht?

According to CNBC in late July 2019 The Thai baht has soared against the U.S. dollar this year, significantly more than many other emerging market currencies. [...] “Policymakers and exporters in ...
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What prevents other nations from participating in and condoning the counterfeiting of the United States dollar?

I don't understand why people in 3rd world countries don't try to counterfeit the US dollar. If you're in Zimbabwe or Syria the government presumably isn't going to stop you and it just needs to be ...
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What are the possible consequences of being labelled as a currency manipulator?

What are the possible direct consequences of being labelled as a currency manipulator? Yesterday, the U.S. labelled China as a currency manipulator. Tariffs no longer being able to be used against ...
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What is the effect and/or good reasons of changing a paper bill to a coin?

Recently, there's this news circulating that the government of my country, the Philippines, is planning to change our 20 pesos paper bill into a coin. I'd like to believe that there are issues solved ...
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Who limits the euro issued in each eurozone country?

In my understanding each member of eurozone prints their own euro. How was it decided how much euro will be printed by each country per year? Also, for weak eurozone countries, what is preventing ...
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How do governments keep track of their issued currency?

If a government issues currency and it ends up in bank accounts abroad, what stops banks from making a 'mistake' during a transfer, accidentally duplicating the currency? Is there some central ...
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Why is the SNP putting so much emphasis on currency plans?

The SNP (Scottish National Party) have made a big thing during their conference this weekend about their plans for their currency should they gain independence from the UK. However, their current key ...
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Why is the EU not happy with the euro usage in Montenegro

According to Wikipedia, the ECB and the European Commission are unhappy about the usage of the Euro as the national currency of Montenegro. The European Commission and the ECB have since voiced ...
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Why do Europeans pay for European products with US Dollar?

In Jean-Claude Juncker's most recent speech on the state of the European Union, there is this perplexing passage: It is absurd that Europe pays for 80% of its energy import bill – worth 300 ...
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Laws concerning the appearance of US dollars

A recent question concerning the president putting himself on the dollar got me to thinking: The US dollar at one time was printed with an appearance to celebrate aspects of education. I'm wondering ...
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Can the president put his own likeness on money?

Preface, I am unsure of all the powers the Federal Reserve possess or who controls the Reserve outside of congress. However it is at the Federal level so I was wondering. What control over the ...
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How does America prevent deals in dollars between the third parties?

Say, India wants to buy weapons from Russia, Russia is under American sanctions, and America doesn't want this deal to happen so it says the transaction, as long as it's in dollars, won't be ...
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Why are all Iran-German/Iran-European trades made in Dollar instead of Euro?

Germany and most of the EU members declared that they are against the US-sanctions targeting Iran. I wonder how and why all trades with Iran are involving US credit institutes and why trades in Euro ...
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How were farmers affected by demonetization in India?

In 2016, The India government declared ₹500 and ₹1000 banknotes of the Mahatma Gandhi Series invalid. This announcement led to significant economic disruption. It is said that farmers were affected ...
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What's the EU (or at least German) view on the definition of currency manipulation?

The US has a statutory definition of currency manipulation; while some US economists don't quite agree with the legal definition, nevertheless the topic is fairly widely discussed in the US in ...
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