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currency

[kur-uhn-see, kuhr-] / ˈkɜr ən si, ˈkʌr- /


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Persistent weakness in the currency can negatively impact everything, feeding into higher prices for consumers, lower corporate margins, bigger government deficits and thinner capital flows into the stock market.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

The data, instead, show a “crisis-driven liquidation by a handful of countries under severe currency pressure. It is not a structural shift away from gold reserves.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

Stick with American stocks for the clever tech and cheap domestic energy, and overseas ones for lower valuations and a currency hedge.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Unemployment in the 21-nation currency area rose to 6.2% in February, from the all-time low of 6.1% in January, the European Union’s statistics agency Eurostat said Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Lockton reached into the chest and pulled out two handfuls of paper currency.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson