CFA franc
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of CFA franc
Abbreviation of Communauté financière africaine African Financial Community
Example Sentences
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Sonko said his differences with Lo included topics such as the "CFA franc and management of debt" which stands at 132 percent of GDP.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
Other crypto advocates said it was a rebuke to the CFA franc.
From Reuters • Apr. 28, 2022
In 2017 he told students in the Burkinabe capital, Ouagadougou, that France would back a reform of the CFA franc if African governments wanted this.
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2021
Its three largest banks have almost a third of the market share in the eight countries that use the west African CFA franc.
From Economist • Jul. 19, 2018
An equivalent experiment, involving the CFA franc, is still going on in the Francophile part of Africa.
From The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism by Vaknin, Samuel
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