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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Born in 1915, Paul Samuelson got his degree in economics from the University of Chicago, followed ...

International pressure to revalue China's currency stems in part from the expectation that rapid economic growth should be associated with a real exchange rate appreciation. This hinges on the Balassa ...

This paper examines the relevance of the Balassa-Samuelson productivity-bias hypothesis for explaining long-run permanent shocks in the real exchange rates. The sample consists of yearly data on real ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. What do the Lao kip, Haitian gourde and Uzbekistani som have in common? According to one theory, at least, they ...

Every month, the Bank for International Settlements calculates and publishes the real and nominal effective exchange rates for major currencies. The most recent data, released in mid-February, ...

What's the best financial investment? If anyone knows, it's Warren Buffett, the world's richest investor. He's worth tens of billions of dollars, accumulated over decades of savvy investments. His ...