Discover everything about the Saudi Riyal (SAR), from its historical origins and fixed USD exchange rate, to its impact on the Kingdom's oil-based economy.

Put simply, exchange rates compare the value of one currency to another. They measure how much of one currency it takes to purchase a unit of another. Exchange rates are ultimately determined in ...

Discover how central banks manage currency values through dirty floats, stabilizing economies by intervening in exchange rates to mitigate economic shocks.

This Economic Letter summarizes the papers presented at the conference “Asset Prices, Exchange Rates, and Monetary Policy” held at Stanford University on March 2-3, 2001, under the joint sponsorship ...

This Economic Letter is based on a presentation Mark Spiegel prepared for a panel on “Optimal Currency Arrangements for Emerging Market Economies: The Experience of Latin America and Asia,” organized ...

Growing remittance flows to emerging and developing economies may lead to real exchange rate appreciation and weaken their competitiveness. While the empirical literature finds mixed results about the ...