Hard currency

hard currency investment & finance definition
A currency that people have a great deal of confidence in, such as the U.S. dollar and the Swiss franc. In contrast, currencies of countries with unstable governments or weak economies are weak.

Hard currency or strong currency, in economics, refers to a globally traded currency that can serve as a reliable and stable store of value.

Hard currency
A currency whose value is expected to remain stable or increase in terms of other currencies.
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Hard currency
Hard currency, in economics, refers to a currency in which investors have confidence, such as that of a politically stable country with low inflation and consistent monetary and fiscal policies, ...

Hard Currency
An industrialized nation’s currency that is generally recognized around the world as a form of payment for goods and services.
Hyperinflation
An inflationary economic environment when price increases are out of control.

Hard Currency
A currency, usually from a highly industrialized country, that is widely accepted around the world as a form of payment for goods and services.

Hard currency - Any one of the major world currencies that is well traded and easily converted into other currencies.

Hard Currency
As opposed to soft currency, hard (or strong) currency is currency that investors have confidence. In terms of economics, it refers to a globally traded currency, which is stable.

Hard currency
A freely convertible currency that is not expected to depreciate in value in the foreseeable future.

hard currency A currency in which investors have confidence, such as that of an economically and politically stable country. hard dollars Paying a full-service brokerage for its non-trading services (such as research) with cash.

As mercantilism gave way to classical economics, these crude systems were later regulated in the 19th century by the gold standard which linked central banks by a convention to redeem "hard currency" in gold.

Currency convertibility refers to the level of difficulty that would be encountered if an attempt was made to convert the hard currency of a given country into gold or the currency issued by another country.

You get a major integrated with many new discoveries and in a Strong hard currency. STO just raised their once annual dividend, now +4%. China is continuing to fill it's strategic Petroleum reserve.

Currency board - a strict form of commitment to a fixed exchange rate in which the domestic currency is fully backed by a foreign hard currency.

As a wise old British Investment Advisor, Harry Hone, observed to me in 1980: If the US Dollar and British Pound are about to become worthless, why are all the hard currency gurus so anxious to take paper currency for their invaluable gold?

MULTIPLE OPTION FINANCING Term used in bullion financing in which the gold loan agreement is flexible in that the borrower can elect to make capital and interest payments in either gold or hard currency.

In other words the sale of 10 million Euros for US Dollars does not obligate the seller to actually deliver the hard currency to the buyer, but simply requires him to settle out the difference between the entry price and the current market price.

See also: Currency, Market, Exchange, Issue, Trading