Over history, the world has adopted the currency of the leading country for global payments. The USD is, arguably, the first global currency untethered from precious metals. Despite external ...

The Green Party is issuing a cautionary statement regarding a proposal ostensibly to finance a just and sustainable transition. Three authors have proposed a financing scheme for a Green International ...

Global economic ties are changing in ways we have not seen since the end of the Cold War. After years of shocks—including the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—countries are ...

According to a 2025 report by the People's Bank of China, the RMB is now the world's third most-used currency for trade ...

Technology is reshaping capital flows and currency dominance; data integrity is essential for financial stability Technology is poised to shake up the international monetary and financial system. How ...

"A gold standard would restore integrity and stability to the U.S. dollar and the international monetary system—qualities that have been sorely missing for years." — Steve Forbes, Chairman and ...

WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) - Global current account balances widened sharply in 2024, reversing a narrowing under way since the global financial crisis of 2008-2009, the International Monetary Fund ...

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) unveiled a new vision for the future of the global monetary and financial system, centered on a tokenized unified ledger. This innovative framework aims to ...

In an era dominated by digital innovation, the concept of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) is emerging as a groundbreaking evolution in the financial sector. Unlike traditional forms of money, ...

Discover how the European Monetary System (EMS) stabilized currencies and laid the groundwork for the euro, creating economic unity in Europe from 1979 onwards.

Bournemouth University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. In July 1944, with war still raging in Europe and the Pacific, 730 delegates from 44 countries gathered at the Mount ...