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currency

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


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Christopher Wood, global head of equities strategy at Jefferies, said it’s important to note that local currency bonds in emerging markets have continued to outperform those from the Group of Seven — the U.S.,

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Even a former U.S. comptroller of the currency agrees.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Inflation-defying frugality is especially easy on the long bike tours that our currency of time allows us.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The jobless rate across the 21-member currency bloc held at 6.4% in the month, according to the European statistics agency, Eurostat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Some larger cities coined their own currency, but outside those cities the money was only worth the weight of the metal.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Asian currencies consolidated against the dollar but may be weighed by higher oil prices which typically hurt currencies of net energy-importing countries in Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The dollar rose to a near 18-month high against a basket of currencies after data showed U.S. job cuts fell in September.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said the equities business “continues to be very strong,” while the fixed income, currencies and commodities business was softer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

To be sure, gold is a classic inflation hedge — a scarce physical asset whose dollar price tends to climb as currencies lose purchasing power due to rising price pressures.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

They didn’t know the first thing about Korean stocks or third world currencies, but they didn’t really need to.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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