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Does Germany manipulate the euro?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jan 31, 2017
That can be hard to pin down.
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Euro faces headwinds on 15th birthday

by Stephen Beard
Dec 30, 2016
Nineteen out of the 28 European Union nations use the currency.
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How India is coping with its cash crisis

by Kimberly Adams and Sally Herships
Dec 30, 2016
Today is the last day to deposit 500 and 1,000 rupee notes.
Customers lining up at a bank in India.
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Bitcoin's very happy 2016

by Reema Khrais
Dec 28, 2016
The digital currency outperformed nearly every other investment asset.
Behold a pile of bitcoins.
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China’s sale of U.S. Treasuries puts a debate to rest

by Amy Scott
Dec 16, 2016
China, the single largest holder of the U.S. debt, sold off its Treasury positions in order to raise cash to back the Yuan.
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There is an award for the prettiest money

by Kai Ryssdal and Cerise Castle
Dec 8, 2016
And the United States can barely get nominated.
   
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What the Big Mac creator's legacy has to do with exchange rates

by Phoebe Unterman
Dec 2, 2016
Burgernomics, a global study comparing currency, was inspired by the hit burger.
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New five pound notes contain traces of tallow

by Kai Ryssdal
Nov 29, 2016
Vegetarians and other groups petition to have the animal fat derivative taken out.
Bank of England Gov. Mark Carney poses with a new polymer five pound note in London in September.
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India's currency chaos is stalling cash transactions

by Kai Ryssdal
Nov 16, 2016
The Indian government recently decided to get rid of a couple widely circulated bills, which has caused delays and confusion for millions of people and businesses.
Indians queue up outside the Bank of India branch to deposit and exchange 500 and 1000 currency notes in Mumbai on November 10, 2016. Long queues formed outside banks in India as they reopened for the first time since the government's shock decision to withdraw the two largest denomination notes from circulation.   
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Tracking market reaction to the 2016 election

by Kai Ryssdal
Oct 24, 2016
How did markets respond during the first presidential debate?
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump (L) and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton wait to begin the first US Presidential Debate at Hofstra University September 26, 2016 in Hempstead, New York.
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