Central banks set policy to support the economy, provide liquidity, and promote financial stability. Modern central banking ...

For more than 125 years, the United States had a gold-coin, silver-coin monetary system. No, it was not a paper-money system ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A few years ago I wrote a piece, for Public Discourse, called “Montesquieu and the Monetary System.” It discussed our having fiat ...

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 economy of Ancient Athens was more than just silver coins - it was an early model of a financial empire. With an ...

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Susan Collins said Saturday that she’s still leaning against the U.S. central bank cutting its interest rate target next month as it faces ongoing risks to ...

Speaking in an interview with the Financial Times on Monday morning, the European Central Bank (ECB)'s Dutch central bank ...

A video recorded on Friday in Marianao captures a dense crowd gathered outside a bank, desperately attempting to withdraw ...