hard currency
noun
: money that comes from a country with a strong government and economy and that is not likely to lose its value
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To choke off inflow of hard currency to the island, the Trump administration has pressured Latin American countries to cancel decades-long deals with Havana to provide Cuban doctors.
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Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
The firm continues to favor U.S. equities tied to the artificial intelligence theme, while also highlighting opportunities in emerging-market hard currency debt, particularly in commodity exporting countries such as Brazil.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2026
Agricultural exporters including Argentina and Uruguay could be boosted as well as the price of foodstuffs increase globally, while investment in Latin America could further drive a hard currency windfall.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Experts long suspected that Cuba was reselling some of the oil from Venezuela for hard currency.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
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Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
The firm continues to favor U.S. equities tied to the artificial intelligence theme, while also highlighting opportunities in emerging-market hard currency debt, particularly in commodity exporting countries such as Brazil.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2026
Agricultural exporters including Argentina and Uruguay could be boosted as well as the price of foodstuffs increase globally, while investment in Latin America could further drive a hard currency windfall.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Experts long suspected that Cuba was reselling some of the oil from Venezuela for hard currency.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Hard currency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20currency. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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