hard currency
Americannoun
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The government of the cash-strapped nation of 11 million people, which relies on tourism to bring in hard currency, had been hoping for 2.6 million arrivals.
From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026
A severe shortage of hard currency has left the government struggling to import the fuel needed to power its electricity plants.
From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026
“We could not buy spare parts for machinery, for example. They all had to be paid for in hard currency that we mostly couldn’t access,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026
Washington lifted sanctions on potash, a key ingredient for fertilizer and an important source of hard currency for Belarus, the third-largest producer after Canada and Russia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
As a result, high inflation, high unemployment, widespread black market activity, and hard currency shortfalls continue to mark the economy.
From The 1995 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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