Date |
Governor |
1899–1901 |
Samuel Gladstone |
1901–03 |
Augustus Prevost |
1903–05 |
Samuel Morley |
1905–07 |
Alexander Wallace |
1907–09 |
William campbell |
1909–11 |
Reginald Johnston |
1911–13 |
Alfred cole |
1913–18 |
Walter cunliffe |
1918–20 |
Brien cokayne |
1920–44 |
Montagu Norman |
1944–49 |
Thomas catto |
1949–61 |
cameron cobbold |
1961–66 |
Rowland Baring (3rd Earl of Cromer) |
1966–73 |
Leslie O’Brien |
1973–83 |
Gordon Richardson |
1983–93 |
Robert Leigh-Pemberton |
1993–2003 |
Edward George |
2003–2013 |
Mervyn King |
2013– |
Mark Carney |
Date |
Chair |
1914–16 |
Charles Hamlin |
1916–22 |
William P.G. Harding |
1923–27 |
Daniel R. Crissinger |
1927–30 |
Roy A. Young |
1930–33 |
Eugene Meyer |
1933–34 |
Eugene Black |
1934–48 |
Marriner Eccles |
1948–51 |
Thomas B. McCabe |
1951–70 |
William McChesney |
1970–78 |
Arthur Burns |
1978–79 |
William Miller |
1979–87 |
Paul Volcker |
1987–2006 |
Alan Greenspan |
2006–14 |
Ben Bernanke |
2014–18 |
Janet Yellen |
2018– |
Jerome Powell |
Date |
Managing Director |
1946–51 |
Camille Gutt |
1951–56 |
Ivar Rooth |
1956–63 |
Per Jacobsson |
1963–73 |
Pierre-Paul Schweitzer |
1973–87 |
Johan Witteveen |
1987–2000 |
Michel Camdessus |
2000–2004 |
Horst Köhler |
2004–07 |
Rodrigo Rato |
2007–11 |
Dominique Strauss-Kahn |
2011– |
Christine Lagarde |
Date |
President |
1998–2003 |
Wim Duisenberg |
2003–11 |
Jean-Claude Trichet |
2011– |
Mario Draghi |
Date |
President |
1945–46 |
Eugene Meyer |
1947–49 |
John J. McCloy |
1949–63 |
Eugene R. Black, Sr. |
1963–68 |
George Woods |
1968–81 |
Robert McNamara |
1981–86 |
Alden W. Clausen |
1986–91 |
Barber Conable |
1991–95 |
Lewis T. Preston |
1995–2005 |
James D. Wolfensohn |
2005–07 |
Paul Wolfowitz |
2007–12 |
Zoellick, Robert |
2012– |
Jim Yong Kim |
See also currencies in Part 1 for The Economist newspaper usage.
Country |
Currency |
Symbol |
Afghanistan |
afghani |
Af |
Albania |
lek |
Lk |
Algeria |
Algerian dinar |
AD |
Angola |
kwanza |
Kz |
Argentina |
Argentine peso |
Ps |
Armenia |
dram |
Dram |
Aruba |
Aruban florin |
Afl |
Australia |
Australian dollar |
A$ |
euro |
€ |
|
Azerbaijan |
manat |
Manat |
Bahamas |
Bahamian dollar |
B$ |
Bahrain |
Bahraini dinar |
BD |
Bangladesh |
taka |
Tk |
Barbados |
Barbados dollar |
Bd$ |
Belarus |
ruble |
BRb |
Belgium |
euro |
€ |
Belize |
Belize dollar |
Bz$ |
Benin |
CFA franc |
CFAfra |
Bermuda |
Bermuda dollar |
Bda$ |
Bhutan |
ngultrum |
Nu |
Bolivia |
boliviano |
Bs |
Bosnia & Herzegovina |
convertible marka |
KM |
Botswana |
pula |
P |
Brazil |
Brazilian real |
R |
Brunei |
Brunei dollar/ringgit |
Br$ |
Bulgaria |
lev |
Lv |
Burkina Faso |
CFA franc |
CFAfra |
Burundi |
Burundi franc |
Bufr |
Cambodia |
riel |
CR |
Cameroon |
CFA franc |
CFAfra |
Canada |
Canadian dollar |
C$ |
Cape Verde |
Cape Verdean escudo |
CVEsc |
Central African Republic |
CFA franc |
CFAfra |
Chad |
CFA franc |
CFAfra |
Chile |
Chilean peso |
Ps |
China |
renminbi or yuan |
Rmb |
Colombia |
Colombian peso |
Ps |
Comoros |
Comorian franc |
Cfr |
CFA franc |
CFAfra |
|
Congo (Dem. Rep. of) |
Congolese franc |
FC |
Costa Rica |
Costa Rican colón |
C |
Croatia |
kuna |
HRK |
Cuba |
Cuban peso |
CUPs |
Cyprus |
euro |
€ |
Czech Republic |
koruna |
Kc |
Denmark |
Danish krone |
DKr |
Djibouti |
Djibouti franc |
Dfr |
Dominican Republic |
Dominican Republic peso |
Ps |
East Timor |
US dollar |
US$ |
Ecuador |
US dollar |
US$ |
Egypt |
Egyptian pound |
E£ |
El Salvador |
US dollar |
US$ |
Equatorial Guinea |
CFA franc |
CFAfra |
Eritrea |
nakfa |
Nfa |
Estonia |
euro |
€ |
Ethiopia |
birr |
Birr |
Fiji |
Fiji dollar |
F$ |
Finland |
euro |
€ |
France |
euro |
€ |
Gabon |
CFA franc |
CFAfra |
The Gambia |
dalasi |
D |
Georgia |
lari |
Lari |
Germany |
euro |
€ |
Ghana |
cedi |
GH¢ |
Greece |
euro |
€ |
Grenada |
East Caribbean dollar |
EC$ |
Guatemala |
quetzal |
Q |
Guinea |
Guinean franc |
Gnf |
CFA franc |
CFAfra |
|
Guyana |
Guyana dollar |
G$ |
Haiti |
gourde |
G |
Honduras |
lempira |
La |
Hong Kong |
Hong Kong dollar |
HK$ |
Hungary |
forint |
Ft |
Iceland |
krona |
IKr |
India |
Indian rupee |
Rs |
Indonesia |
rupiah |
Rp |
Iran |
Iranian rial |
IR |
Iraq |
New Iraqi dinar |
ID |
Ireland |
euro |
€ |
Israel |
Israeli shekel |
NIS |
Italy |
euro |
€ |
Ivory Coast |
CFA franc |
CFAfra |
Jamaica |
Jamaican dollar |
J$ |
Japan |
yen |
¥ |
Jordan |
Jordanian dinar |
JD |
Kazakhstan |
tenge |
Tenge |
Kenya |
Kenyan shilling |
KSh |
North Korea |
won or N Korean won |
Won |
South Korea |
won or S Korean won |
W |
Kuwait |
Kuwaiti dinar |
KD |
Kyrgyzstan |
som |
Som |
Laos |
kip |
K |
Latvia |
euro |
€ |
Lebanon |
Lebanese pound |
L£ |
Lesotho |
loti (pl. maloti) |
M |
Liberia |
Liberian dollar |
L$ |
Libya |
Libyan dinar |
LD |
euro |
€ |
|
Luxembourg |
euro |
€ |
Macau |
pataca |
MPtc |
Macedonia |
denar |
Den |
Madagascar |
Malagasy ariary |
AR |
Malawi |
kwacha |
MK |
Malaysia |
Malaysian dollar/ringgit |
M$ |
Mali |
CFA franc |
CFAfra |
Malta |
euro |
€ |
Mauritania |
ouguiya |
UM |
Mauritius |
Mauritius rupee |
MRs |
Mexico |
Mexican peso |
Ps |
Moldova |
Moldavian leu (pl. lei) |
Lei |
Mongolia |
togrog |
Tg |
Montenegro |
euro |
€ |
Morocco |
dirham |
Dh |
Mozambique |
metical |
MT |
Myanmar |
kyat |
Kt |
Namibia |
Namibian dollar |
N$ |
Nepal |
Nepali rupee |
NRs |
Netherlands |
euro |
€ |
Netherlands Antilles |
Netherlands Antillean guilder |
NAf |
New Caledonia |
French Pacific franc |
CFPfr |
New Zealand |
New Zealand dollar |
NZ$ |
Nicaragua |
córdoba |
C |
Niger |
CFA franc |
CFAfra |
Nigeria |
naira |
N |
Norway |
Norwegian krone |
NKr |
Oman |
Omani riyal |
OR |
Pakistan |
Pakistan rupee |
PRs |
Jordanian dinar, New Israeli shekel |
JD, NIS |
|
Panama |
balboa |
B |
Papua New Guinea |
kina |
Kina |
Paraguay |
guaraní |
G |
Peru |
nuevo sol |
Ns |
Philippines |
Philippine peso |
P |
Poland |
zloty (pl. zlotys) |
Zl |
Portugal |
euro |
€ |
Puerto Rico |
US dollar |
US$ |
Qatar |
Qatari riyal |
QR |
Romania |
leu (pl. lei) |
Lei |
Russia |
rouble |
Rb |
Rwanda |
Rwandan franc |
Rwfr |
Samoa |
tala or Samoan dollar |
Tala |
Säo Tomé & Príncipe |
dobra |
Db |
Saudi Arabia |
Saudi riyal |
SR |
Senegal |
CFA franc |
CFAfra |
Serbia |
Serbian dinar |
RSD |
Seychelles |
Seychelles rupee |
SRs |
Sierra Leone |
leone |
Le |
Singapore |
Singapore dollar |
S$ |
Slovakia |
euro |
€ |
Slovenia |
euro |
€ |
Solomon Islands |
Solomon Islands dollar |
SI$ |
Somalia |
Somali shilling |
SoSh |
South Africa |
rand |
R |
South Sudan |
South Sudanese pound |
SSP |
Spain |
euro |
€ |
Sri Lanka |
Sri Lankan rupee |
SLRs |
Sudan |
Sudanese pound |
SP |
Surinamese dollar |
Sr$ |
|
Swaziland |
lilangeni (pl. emalangeni) |
E |
Sweden |
Swedish krona |
SKr |
Switzerland |
Swiss franc |
SFr |
Syria |
Syrian pound |
S£ |
Taiwan |
New Taiwan dollar |
NT$ |
Tajikistan |
somoni |
S |
Tanzania |
Tanzanian shilling |
TSh |
Thailand |
baht |
Bt |
Togo |
CFA franc |
CFAfra |
Tonga |
pa’anga or Tonga dollar |
T$ |
Trinidad & Tobago |
Trinidad & Tobago dollar |
TT$ |
Tunisia |
Tunisian dinar |
TD |
Turkey |
Turkish lira |
TL |
Turkmenistan |
manat |
Manat |
Turks & Caicos Islands |
US dollar |
US$ |
Uganda |
Ugandan shilling |
USh |
Ukraine |
hryvnia |
HRN |
United Arab Emirates |
UAE dirham |
Dh |
United Kingdom |
pound/pound sterling |
£ |
United States |
dollar |
US$ |
Uruguay |
Uruguayan peso |
Ps |
Uzbekistan |
som |
Som |
Vanuatu |
vatu |
Vt |
Venezuela |
bolívar |
BsF |
Vietnam |
dong |
D |
Western Samoa |
tala |
Tala |
Windward & Leeward Islandsb |
East Caribbean dollar |
EC$ |
Yemen |
Yemeni riyal |
YR |
Zambia |
kwacha |
ZK |
Zimbabwean dollar |
Z$ |
a CFA = Communauté financière africaine in West African area and Coopération financière en Afrique centrale in Central African area. Used in monetary areas of West and Central Africa. The CFA franc is pegged to the euro at a rate of CFAfr655.96:€1. Countries with this currency are members of the Comité monétaire de la Zone Franc, or Franc Zone.
b Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Kitts-Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & Grenadines, the British Virgin islands.