The euro shows both the promises and pitfalls of unified currency systems. Economic sovereignty remains a key barrier to global adoption. Digital innovations are changing traditional currency dynamics ...

The rise of China as an economic powerhouse in global trade in recent decades has sparked concerns about the long-term status of the U.S. dollar as the world’s primary reserve currency, which it has ...

Most international trade is priced in dollars, central banks hold large dollar reserves, and global investors treat US government debt as one of the safest assets in the world.

John Egan is a veteran personal finance writer whose work has been published by outlets such as Bankrate, Experian, Newsweek Vault and Investopedia. Doug Whiteman is an award-winning journalist with ...

At a G8 world currency meeting in 2009, Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev presented a gold coin and called it a "new world currency." This would be similar to the Bretton Woods meeting in 1944, where ...

The overvalued dollar has benefits for Americans, but also costs. A true global currency might be the answer. America's international arrangements are too expensive for the country to sustain. These ...

Imagine a world without the dollar as the world’s reserve currency. For more than a century, and especially after the Allied victory in World War II, America has enjoyed the equivalent of a gold card ...

In a forecast that blends spiritual conviction with contemporary financial anxiety, a self-proclaimed psychic medium has warned Britons to prepare for nothing short of monetary revolution—the ...