Category: Currency

As used in everyday conversation, the word money can mean many things, but to economists it has a very specific meaning. To avoid confusion, we must clarify how economists use of the word money differs from conventional usage. Economists define money (also referred to as the money supply) as anything that is generally accepted as…

Foreign exchange rate is a primary determinant in business operations for multinational corporations. It affects cash flows for import and export transactions, and foreign investment decisions. The continuous change in values on international currencies indicates that a Chief Financial Officer has a daunting task in monitoring exchange rates movement. The concept of foreign exchange rate…

Cryptocurrencies are digital currencies that work under blockchain which secures and controls the transaction that occurs through the network. This was created to send online payment directly without the interface of the banks. This decentralized network was created by Satoshi Nakamoto so that anyone could use it but no one can own it. The first…

A cashless society is a society in which purchases of goods or services are made by credit card or electronic funds transferal rather than with cash or checks. The economic concept of a cashless society appeared as early as the 17th century, but it was presented as a check at that time. Then it slowly…

Since the catastrophic global financial crisis, which was directly caused by the burst of the housing bubble and mortgage default, in 2008, the Federal Reserve alone has injected roughly 7.6 trillion dollars into the global economy by the end of 2019 in order to facilitate the recovering of the economy and mitigate recessions. An alternative…

Usually, when we make a transaction, the payment is processed by a credit card company or a bank. However, this could lead to risks such as protecting data from hackers, taking longer for international payments and expensive. Therefore, cryptocurrency helps to keep data secure and protected using mathematics as it only exists in computer networks.…

The word money can be used in many different ways, but it has a very specific meaning to economists. Economists define money as anything that is generally accepted as payment for goods or services or in the repayment of debts. Just saying that money is currency is not a good enough definition for economists. Economists…

Did you know there are only two people that werent presidents on our U.S. dollars? There are some familiar faces on the U.S. dollars as we see today. There were presidents on U.S. dollars, but not on every dollar, two were never presidents at all actually. Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton are on the ten…