currency
The 200-year old story behind Stephen Poloz’s signature on your money
The Bank of Canada governor explains why he signed his name on Canadian currency the way he did
Why the Bank of Canada wants you to take a (real) pay cut
The Bank believes real wages are too high to sustain a significant recovery
There is no such thing as a ‘fair value’ for the loonie
The dollar is worth what someone is willing to pay for it
Is that new polymer bill the real deal?
‘As long as we print money, there will be attempts to counterfeit’
The price is wrong in Argentina
Inflation has stoked paranoia, a black-market peso and, for a lucky few, some great deals
The latest in world-needs-more-Canada news (Nordic dep’t)
Is Iceland longing for the loonie?
Central bank battle
Is cheap money driving up prices?
All about the Benjamins
Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke unveiled the new $100 bill in April
China’s power play
China is flexing its trade and military muscles. What does it mean for the West?
Newsmakers
James Franco’s newest reinvention, a dolphin that goes fishing, Prince embraces the medium formerly known as print
The other G20 issue: remember China?
With our focus so firmly fixed on the tension between the U.S. accent on stimulus and the deficit preoccupations of Canada and Europe, the question of China’s place in the G20 has been pushed a bit to the side of this weekend’s summit.
Making money
In hard times, some towns are turning to homemade currency