Currency
A currency in the most specific sense is money in any form when in use or circulation as a medium of exchange, especially circulating banknotes and coins. A more general definition is that a currency is a system of money (monetary units) in common use, especially for people in a nation. Under this definition, U.S. dollars (US$), euros (€), Japanese yen (¥), and pounds sterling (£) are examples of currencies. These various currencies are recognized as stores of value and are traded between nations in foreign exchange markets, which determine the relative values of the different currencies. Currencies in this …
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Taylor & Francis · 4 September 2024 English
Germany’s post-war economic crisis culminated in hyperinflation in 1923. The dramatic events that year contribute to shaping the retrospective chronology of the Weimar Republic: the crisis appears to conclude the …
While the gold mark remained valuable, the paper currency circulated without limits and no restrictions … wood and coal replacing the non-existing gold currency and, in response, France and Belgium occupied … is actually Notgeld (emergency money) – local currency, promoting local textures and goods, often designed …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 German
A file containing records of meetings between the visits commissioners of the Berlin Senate and the East German government. Subjects covered in these meetings included the construction and operation of …
importing prohibited printed material 5 importing GDR currency R E S T R I C T E D RESTRICTED l Preliminary … c o m p l e x . There was a bus stop near the currency exchange o f f i c e . This bus stop was also … a w s had been b r o k e n , the customs and currency regulations had been broken 326 times, and money …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
A file of correspondence and reports concerning a country assessment paper for East Germany. The documents include drafts of the final report on the demography and geography of East Germany; …
the GDR has been attempting to reduce its hard currency indebtedness by boosting exports to the West while … GNP Ratio 9.8 n/a (d) Estimated convertible currency debt to the West 8.6 10.9 US$ billion (ii) … GNP Ratio 9.8 n/a (d) Estimated convertible currency debt to the West 8.6 10.9 USS billion (ii) …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
Finance (a) Exchange Rate 1978 1979 1980 1981 Currency £1 Sterling = 1.91 2.02 1.99 1.91 Bulgarian … Finance (a) Exchange Rate 1976 1977 1978 1979 Currency £1 Sterling = 1.69 1.82 1.91 2.02 Bulgarian … (ii) Economic : To earn as much convertible currency as possible and to seek favourable treatment … and this policy has forced her to resist hard currency imports. Prospects for manufactured imports are … m i c : To earn as much c o n v e r t i b l e currency as p o s s i b l e and to seek f a v o u r a …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
$300m; and Hungary's attempts to address its economic issues by raising prices and devaluing its currency. Other documents in the file cover British policy towards Hungary, and the British wish to support …
international banking m a r k e t to finance its hard currency t r a d e . Following the Polish debt c r i … aim of achieving equilibrium in the convertible currency current account this year and lead to a large … equilibrium by means of a big increase in the hard currency trade surplus. This was to be achieved by increasing … subscription): and the radical increase in hard currency exports always seemed unlikely to be achieveable …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
year and ail increase of l.Smt in sales to hard currency markets. Polish-Czech Cooperation in Mining …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
to the Russians: in 1981 72% of Soviet hard currency earnings came from energy exports. Afghan natural …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
food and feedstuffs were exported it was to hard currency markets. The CMEA 5. There appear to be no … want to settle in the GDR, and if so in what currency. Comment 8 . It seems to us that this was an … Soviet Union and the consequent need for hard currency for grain imports it is not surprising that the … Soviet soft currency supplies at concessionary CMEA prices; but in the GDR's current hard currency position … another poor harvest and the need to maximise hard currency earnings have presumably led the Soviet Union …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
as a source of valuable Western ^fc trade and currency. But it also experiences it, particularly in … well as a source of valuable Western trade and currency. But it also experiences it, particularly in …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
are also designed to produce additional hard currency for the Soviet Government from the additional … from as many embassies as possible shop at hard currency stores where duty free ]rices do not apply. ft …