Strong reactions to rising prices and misunderstandings about the value of money are rampant, our columnist says. By Jeff Sommer Jeff Sommer writes Strategies, a weekly column on markets, finance and ...

Discover what a national currency is, how it functions as legal tender, and its role in global trade and economic stability. Learn how currencies like the U.S. Dollar influence economies.

Years usually separate an author’s first keystroke from his book’s first sale. Kudos, then, to the authors of “King Dollar” and “Our Dollar, Your Problem” on their improbably excellent timing. They’ve ...

Mr. Lipsky is the chair of international economics at the Atlantic Council. In the three months since President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, and the days since his first wave of post-Independence ...

The US dollar continues to remain the world's primary currency, accounting for a significant share of global reserves and trade transactions. With Donald Trump coming to power, the strength of the ...

On February 24, 2022, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shocked the world, triggering one of the largest conflicts in Europe since World War II. The swift response from the United States and its allies, ...

Dollar dominance—the outsized role of the US dollar in the world economy—has been brought into focus recently as the robustness of the US economy, tighter monetary policy and heightened geopolitical ...

The BRICS nations, originally composed of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, are looking to establish a new reserve currency backed by a basket of their respective currencies. Central to ...

Russia's ruble is the top-performing currency of 2025 relative to the US dollar. Greenback weakness and Russian interest rates have strengthened the ruble. But a stronger currency could weigh on ...

The BRICS nations, originally composed of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, have had many discussions about establishing a new reserve currency backed by a basket of their respective ...