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[12] In 2014, South Africa experienced its worst year against the US dollar since 2009, [13] and in March 2015, the rand traded at its worst since 2002. [13] At the time, Trading Economics released data that the rand "averaged R4.97 to the dollar between 1972–2015, reaching an all time high of R12.45 in December 2001 and a record low of R0.67 ...
Four exchange control stamps in a South African passport from the mid-1980s allowing the passport holder to take a particular amount of currency out of the country. Exchange controls such as these were imposed by the South African government to restrict the outflow of capital from the country. The South African financial rand was the most ...
These are all commemoratives issued in Liberia featuring images of U.S. presidents with a Liberian arms symbol on the obverse side; George H. W. Bush. 1989 inaugural series. $10 silver KM#57; $250 gold KM#58; George W. Bush. $5 2001, inaugural, shows profile with Dick Cheney; Bill Clinton. 1993 inaugural series. $5 silver KM#67; $10 silver KM ...
De Facto Classification of Exchange Rate Arrangements, as of April 30, 2021, and Monetary Policy Frameworks [2] Exchange rate arrangement (Number of countries) Exchange rate anchor Monetary aggregate target (25) Inflation Targeting framework (45) Others (43) US Dollar (37) Euro (28) Composite (8) Other (9) No separate legal tender (16) Ecuador ...
Many African countries change their currency's appearance when a new government takes power (often the new head of state will appear on bank notes), though the notional value remains the same. Also, in many African currencies there have been episodes of rampant inflation, resulting in the need for currency revaluation (e.g. the Zimbabwe dollar).
Although the South African rand is legal tender across the CMA, the other member states issue their own currencies exchanged at par with it: the Lesotho loti, Namibian dollar and Swazi lilangeni. Foreign exchange regulations and monetary policy throughout the CMA continue to reflect the influence of the South African Reserve Bank .
The term greenback is also used by the financial press in other countries, such as Australia, [26] New Zealand, [27] South Africa, [28] and India. [29] Other well-known names of the dollar as a whole in denominations include greenmail, green, and dead presidents, the latter of
Belarus, on the other hand, pegged its currency, the Belarusian rubel, to a basket of foreign currencies (U.S. dollar, euro and Russian rouble) in 2009. [25] In 2011 this led to a currency crisis when the government became unable to honor its promise to convert Belarusian rubels to foreign currencies at a fixed exchange rate. BYR exchange rates ...