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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With depleting foreign exchange reserves, some businesses have been forced to close as entrepreneurs and farmers turn to the black market in search of hard currency.
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Charles Pensulo, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Energy prices have also fallen, adding risk to export prospects for the Vaca Muerta shale field—one of Argentina’s few hopes for escaping chronic hard currency shortages that trigger balance-of-payments crises.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
The conglomerate, which is believed to keep most of its hard currency in its own financial institutions or bank accounts abroad, keeps its accounting books out of reach of government auditors.
—Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
Private fortunes are being made through licensed and unlicensed mining, smuggling, and sales to the central bank of Ethiopia, which is desperate for hard currency amid the country’s continuing economic meltdown.
—Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe, Foreign Affairs, 5 Aug. 2025
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Charles Pensulo, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Energy prices have also fallen, adding risk to export prospects for the Vaca Muerta shale field—one of Argentina’s few hopes for escaping chronic hard currency shortages that trigger balance-of-payments crises.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
The conglomerate, which is believed to keep most of its hard currency in its own financial institutions or bank accounts abroad, keeps its accounting books out of reach of government auditors.
—Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
Private fortunes are being made through licensed and unlicensed mining, smuggling, and sales to the central bank of Ethiopia, which is desperate for hard currency amid the country’s continuing economic meltdown.
—Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe, Foreign Affairs, 5 Aug. 2025
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“Hard currency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20currency. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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