Is Italian euro debt denominated in local or foreign currency?

It tied the local currency to the British Pound, giving local authorities no discretion in monetary policy.

Some are not keen on a local currency though.

The economic woes in Ukraine have been hitting the local currency, hryvnya, hard.

In February, Caracas was forced to devalue the local currency to 6.3 bolivars per dollar.

And how often do we hear about sovereign restructurings of local currency debt?

These markets have been insulated in part because most investment in real estate backed securities has come from local investors who often need to invest in local currency markets.

Often those who purchase dollars do so out of concern of local currency devaluation.

In most countries, such intervention would tend to push up inflation, because the central bank issues local currency in return for dollars.

Since Hong Kong's currency board prevents inflation in HK dollar prices, the HK dollar prices of local goods must fall.

Nepali currency became the standard currency in trans Himalayan trade.

Most also have a relatively smaller share of dollar debt relative to local currency debt than they did a decade ago, which will limit the increase in their debt burden when the currency depreciates.

Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCR) recalled that the change of currency was due to the invasion of feeble Bolivian currency that, since 1840, entered the country through the Southern zone, thus provoking confusion with the local currency.

Local currency bond markets could help to develop domestic investor bases and mobilize domestic savings to support long term investments.

In Central and Eastern Europe, foreign banks extended euro and Swiss franc denominated corporate, home, and car loans to firms and households with incomes in local currency, which added to corporate and household financial distress when local currencies tanked.

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In 2014, China s currency ranked seventh in global central bank reserves, eighth in international bond issuance, and 11th in global currency trading.

This issue has fueled debate in local media and the local blogosphere.

There have, of course, been many examples in history in which currency unions or single currency states have broken up.

In fact, Poland s currency recently started to depreciate.

The Bank should be able to work with them in the absence of sovereign guarantees, and increase its loan offerings in local currencies, since these partners cannot afford currency risk.

The Zambian currency, the kwacha, which means dawn in some local languages, has in recent months rapidly depreciated against the United States dollar, the British pound and other major currencies.

Argentina was stuck with its currency board and overvalued currency.

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First, Argentina should end its currency board and devalue its currency.

A currency board prevents governments and central banks from currency manipulation.

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They have also paid back a significant share of external debt and converted much of what remains into more manageable local currency liabilities.

In early 1999 Brazil decided to devalue its currency.

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It is also heavily indebted, but in domestic currency.

Of course, there is considerable irrationality in currency markets.

The official currency in Iraq is the Iraqi dinar.

In 2003, Venezuela implemented rigorous and complex currency regulations.

Again, relative prices could change either through an increase in the HK dollar price of internationally traded goods or through decreases in the HK dollar prices of local goods. Since Hong Kong's currency board prevents inflation in HK dollar prices, the HK dollar prices of local goods must fall.

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The currency was in theory governed by a rules based Currency Board, which the British invented for their smaller colonies.

In 1935, he took a local course in mining.

After all, a weaker currency and better trade balance in some countries necessarily implies a stronger currency and a weaker trade balance in others.

Price inflation forces creditors to accept repayment in debased currency.

In every currency union, there are creditor and debtor regions.

We're paying on time, and we're paying in hard currency.