Questions tagged [currency]
a generally accepted form of money, including coins and paper notes , which is issued by a government and circulated within an economy.
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Why does capital flight cause inflation?
Context: I was watching a video about Venezuela, and, it all started with capital flight due to poor confidence in the government. The government tried to stop it, and in the process it created a ...
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Why is it a problem if a considerable amount of currency is hoarded by the enemy of the issuing government?
During WWII and after Pearl Harbor, the United States issued the Hawaii overprint notes because they feared the possibility that if the Japanese captured Hawaii they would also control a considerable ...
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Currencies fixed to gold
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Why would the Franc or USD fall in price vs the other if they are both fixed to gold; why would having less gold cause paper money to contract?
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Paying Filipino workers in USD. What should the inflation rate be?
I'm not sure where to ask and, since this is not Personal Finance, I'm gonna ask it here.
Here's my situation: for the past 2 years, I hired and trained a team of Filipino workers. They are paid in ...
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Where do Montenegro and Kosovo get their euros from?
Both Montenegro and Kosovo have unilaterally (?) decided to use euros as their official currencies. I think that most of their capital exists only as records in bank registers, so there is not much ...
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Theory of Optimal Currency Areas
Should a country be more inclined or less inclined to join a currency union (common currency) under the following events:
a) Increase in the size and frequency of AD shocks to the economy.
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What is the maximum number of characters in a currency symbol?
In the program I am writing, I need to show a currency selector. I would like it to display currency symbols. For this, I need to know what is the longest, in characters, currency symbol (or rather ...
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What are the issues with currencies backed by commodities?
I have seen it suggested that currencies that are backed by a commodity are generally considered to be a bad idea in most cases. However, I have done a bit of my own research into representative money ...
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If a currency is pegged to another currency which collapses, what happens? [closed]
If a currency X is pegged to another currency Y which collapses, what happens to currency X?
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Should we get rid of the Penny?
Jeff Gore has suggested scrapping the 1 cent coins a few years ago. Why doesn't the US cancel the pennies? Is it that terrible to the economics to keep the copper coin?
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Buying locally vs abroad
I interested in the net effect of buying locally versus abroad.
The UK Government wants to buy a ship. It can buy from a UK or Korean shipyard. The unit price is the same for both yards: £10. A ten ...
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Why hyper-inflation?
I understand the $MV=PQ$ identity. I also understand the benefit for the government in some cases to having non increasing over time (even if high) values of $\Delta P$ (stealth tax & seigneur-age ...
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How large is the Underground Economy in the U.S
How large is the Underground Economy in the US, and is it growing or getting smaller as a percent of GDP?
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Can we get rid of banknotes and coins?
this is more a theoretical question, nowadays with Internet, Debit/Credit cards and Cryptocurrencies, why should we keep printing/making more physical money?
granted not everybody has access to ...
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Is it true that the U.S has to run a chronic trade deficit with the rest of the world as a price to pay for being the world's reserve currency?
I have heard of the argument that in order for USD to be reserve currecy, the rest of the world must own enough USD to store it as reserves. In order for the rest of the world to own enough USD, U.S ...
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Devaluation of Venezuelan Bolívar - Will it increase or fight hyperinflation?
According to recent news, Venezuela is lopping 5 zeros out of its regular Bolívar, and devaluing it, and pegging it to a cryptocurrence issued by Venezuela, to fight the economic situation (...
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Does accumulation of fiat currency cause instability?
If the value of fiat currency is a function of the supply of money and it's velocity, is the accumulation of that currency detrimental to its stability?
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Does only "supply/demand" rule justify different prices for a digital good?
Provided the network infrastructure costs the same for the seller (if things going on with net neutrality weren't to effect that), certainly considering the fact that an average citizen of a given "...
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What are the advantages and disadvantages to a country's people when the national currency is the world's reserve currency? [duplicate]
Today, the world's reserve currency is USD. At the start of the 20th century, the reserve currency was the British Pound GBP.
Using U.S as an example to narrow the scope, what are the advantages and ...
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Why do different countries have different currency ? Why not there are different currencies for each 10-20 kilometers?
I have researched a bit in different forums.
Main answers include:
1. So Different countries can control different monetary policies
2. So different countries can handle shocks(up and down).
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When/Why would a country want to create its own currency?
A while ago I asked how countries make a currency and give it value, specifically pointing out that I wasn't concerned about when/why such a thing would be done.
Well, now I'm asking the exact ...
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Why don't we transact with securities rather than fiat money?
I don't know a whole lot about economics besides for an intro course I took once so bear with me please...
I'm a software developer working with cryptocurrencies, and I got to thinking that it would ...
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Does the currency in circulation equal the annual production of goods and services?
I have learned that in a country currency is printed equal to production of goods and services in a year.
I want to know if in a year a country produces rice of 10000 rs. The government will print ...
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What would happen if a country bans the trading of its currency against foreign currency?
The iranian rial has been losing its value rapidly recently. The dollar went from 40,000 rials to 60,000 rials in less than 6 month, most of the loss of value happening in the last few weeks. Iran ...
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Why would a common currency such as the Euro that can't be devalued be incentive for banks to lend money to a country?
I'm reading an article that is claiming that when the Euro was created, banks began lending more money to countries than before because as the Euro is a common currency across many countries one ...
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Can a currency crisis be the proximate cause of a debt crisis?
I'm just curious whether there are any historical examples of a currency crisis in a country (speculative attacks leading causing a sudden devaluation of currency) leading directly to a debt crisis?
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The link between US debt of $250 Trillion dollars and "Promise to pay" on US Dollar currency
Giving background to my question: a prominent economist was discussing the problems of the US currency and predicting it's collapse, said the following:
"...a currency is a store of value, it's a ...
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Is there merit to the argument of reducing the US trade deficit
Is the merit to the argument of reducing the US trade deficit and the inequitable tariff regime imposed by its trading partners that works unfavorably towards the US. Does this give merit to the ...
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how does the USA maintain the value of it currency in light of $800 billion trade deficits
In light of its Reserve currency status, How does the USA maintain the value of it currency in light of $\$800$ billion trade deficits that have accumulated to over $\$12$ trillion as pointed out by ...
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Normalise historic values given in different currencies
I have historic monetary values given in different currencies and stemming from different points in time. I want to be able to compare them, and for that all must be given in the same currency, and ...
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Are cryptocurrencies a ponzi scheme or a bubble?
Several users in this forum have addressed bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as ponzi schemes. Bitcoins have several uses which could legitimate its value as a currency, but also have received ...
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Considering how USD enters the market, is the USD actually unbacked? Could the USD represent a unit of a “fund” of securities held by the Fed?
From my understanding, all new money enters the market either 1) by the Fed lending it to banks, so the Fed essentially owns bonds in the exchange, or, 2) The Fed purchasing other financial assets. So ...
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Currency Value Formula
I recently have gained interest in the way currency value is derived in crypto-currencies and have researched the ins and outs of supply and demand. Is there a particular mathematical formula to ...
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In a closed system, what is the relationship, if any, between currency supply and market capitalization?
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A world in which the market value of publicly traded companies is known
Any transaction to buy or sell stock of said companies can only be consummated with a new currency X, which is freely ...
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How many US Dollars are lost or destroyed annually?
Are there any estimates on how many US Dollars are lost or destroyed annually? By "lost or destroyed", I mean permanently removed from circulation because the currency is no longer usable
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How could the Roman sestertii/sesterces be converted into modern terms (say 2017 US$)?
Of course, the value of the sesterti must itself have fluctuated over the centuries it was in use. And so if I must narrow it down, I am particularly interested in its value during
the time of ...
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How do economic and financial policies in government deal with cryptocurrencies?
Given the decentralized nature of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum, how can centralized organisations like banks and the government create policies around it without changing the way ...
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Is it possbile central banks are outside of books getting money from deflation? [duplicate]
Is it possile that central banks are secretly stealing from the economy by printing money when the the dollar deflates, so the dollar stay the same value and nobody notice it?
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Central Banks Currency being used as value keeping hypothesis
I recently came up with the idea that all the worlds currencies with central banks may be being used as a way to steal value from people who give value to them. And no, im not talking about inflation (...
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Is there something that does not change its value that can be used to measure currency inflation?
Currency is represented as an exchange for something valuable, whether it be an object or work.
Prices for objects can change over time, depending on demand and supply, making objects unreliable to ...
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Why are different currencies able to purchase different amounts?
I am baffled by this for so many years! Kindly, explain this in layman's terms (i.e. to a guy who never studied economics at a university):
I can purchase one dozen of eggs for €3.52 in Frankfurt, ...
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What's the economic effect of a country reducing its imports?
If a country enacts a program that successfully reduces its imports, eg:
A 'buy local' advertising campaign
A program of training mechanics to maintain older cars, rather than buying new imports
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Why Yen grew stronger after North Korea's H-bomb threat? [duplicate]
Financial markets have had only a muted reaction to the dispute in
recent months, but on Friday assets regarded as havens for investors
jumped immediately after the news of North Korea’s latest H-...
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Why do different countries have different currency?
Why do different countries have different currency?
I have this question because I want to know why to divide it? If it's not divided then we can easily use the money anywhere and we won't need to ...
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Why is JPY considered a "safe currency"?
When the economic prospect around the world feels getting worse and/or getting higher uncertainty, usually the value of JPY is getting higher, because investors are said to start to buy JPY to shelter ...
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What are the constituents of a country's inflation
If we assume a country where only demand pull inflation holds, that is no imports cost inflation or currency fluctuations are a risk, then we can assume that inflation is determined by:
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Why does every electronic transaction of USD legally take place on American territory?
In an article of a respected German newspaper (Die Zeit) I found the following statement (translation by me):
90 % of all foreign exchange trades are dealt in USD. Since every electronic ...
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Norway inflation and exchange rates
I am looking at Norway's economy, and I'm trying to make sense of some of the data I see. Norway's economy has a very close relationship to crude oil, and in 2014 crude oil had a massive drop. Looking ...
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How can the HKMA peg the Hong Kong dollar at 7.8 HKD/USD for so long?
A lot of pegged exchange rate systems don't stay pegged for so long (e.g. because the central bank run out of reserves to maintain their values)
So far I understand that the HKD is 100% backed by the ...
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How do countries create their own currencies (and give them meaningful value)?
Regardless of why they'd do it, what do countries do to make their own currency, replacing the old one, and give their new one value?
I sorta get how it works, but this kind of economics is still ...
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