c

Central bankers since 1900

Governors of the Bank of England

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

Chairs of the United States Federal Reserve (since the creation of the Federal Reserve System in 1913)

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

Managing Directors of the International Monetary Fund (since its creation in 1945)

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

Presidents of the European Central Bank since its creation in 1998

Date

President

1998–2003

Wim Duisenberg

2003–11

Jean-Claude Trichet

2011–

Mario Draghi

Presidents of the World Bank since its creation in 1945

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

Currencies

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$

Austria

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

Congo (Brazzaville)

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

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

Guinea-Bissau

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

Lesotho

loti (pl. maloti)

M

Liberia

Liberian dollar

L$

Libya

Libyan dinar

LD

Lithuania

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

Palestinian Territories

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

Suriname

Surinamese dollar

Sr$

Swaziland

lilangeni (pl. emalangeni)

E

Sweden

Swedish krona

SKr

Switzerland

Swiss franc

SFr

Syria

Syrian pound

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

Zimbabwe

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.