Besides being the official currency of the world’s largest economy, the US dollar is also the world’s dominant reserve currency and is used in most international transactions. Many currencies around …
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The production of currencies at a national level has existed since about the 7th century BC. Indeed, currency has been a notable facet of centralized power from the onset of …
FX101: 5 Most Traded Currencies
Here at Continental we supply over 160 currencies bought and sold immediately, from the well known to the obscure. Most of the time however, we’re asked to deal with the …
Answering Your Questions on the Loonie
Over the last year the loonie’s decline made headlines across Canada. At the time of writing the Canadian dollar is hovering around just 72 cents US – but that doesn’t …
Week in Review: April 27 – May 3
This week at the Current we set off for Croatia, meandered down some of the most iconic roads in Europe, revisited a couple countries we’ve been to before, and more. As always, …
Headlines: USD hits new highs, Gold prices down, Oil…
Every Friday the Current rounds up the biggest business stories of the week. This week; oil and gold prices have been down but both could rebound, retail sales in the …