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How Iran’s economic collapse is tightening the regime’s options - analysis

Iran’s central bank began distributing a 5,000,000-rial “Iran-cheque” on Sunday, describing it as a step to “facilitate the circulation of cash” and speed up everyday transactions.

FEBRUARY 3, 2026|ByALEX WINSTON

IRANIAN BANKNOTES are displayed next to a US dollar bill in Neyshabur, Iran on December 30, 2025. The Iranian rial has continued to weaken against the US dollar amid high inflation, currency volatility and ongoing economic pressures linked to sanctions and domestic challenges.

KEVIN WARSH, Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution and lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, speaks during the Sohn Investment Conference in New York City, US, May 8, 2017.

Ronald Lauder’s son-in-law Kevin Warsh emerges as the next Fed chair

World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder, a major pro-Israel philanthropist with deep ties in Jerusalem, is suddenly one family step away from the world’s most powerful central bank.

JANUARY 30, 2026|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Iranian Rial banknotes over a backdrop of the Iranian flag; illustration.

Iranian rial reaches record low value, trading at over 1.5m IRR per USD

The Iranian rial fell to a record low of about 1.52 million per dollar on the unofficial market, deepening economic turmoil as nationwide protests continue and confidence in the regime weakens.

JANUARY 27, 2026|ByJAMES GENN

A person holds a Venezuelan flag as Venezuelans living in Costa Rica demonstrate for a democratic transition, after the US launched strikes on Venezuela, capturing its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, in San Jose, Costa Rica January 4, 2026

Venezuelan oil exports show signs of movement as bonds jump after Maduro arrest

Sanctioned oil tankers have quietly left Venezuela despite a us embargo, as markets rally on hopes of a post-Maduro transition.

JANUARY 5, 2026|ByREUTERS

How sanctions on Russia have affected the US Dollar

The war in Ukraine will surely harm the US Dollar, but the damage is not yet visible as opposed to that of the ruble.

APRIL 7, 2022ByPINCHAS LANDAU

A view shows a Russian rouble coin and a U.S. dollar banknote in this picture illustration taken October 26, 2018.

Shekel opens month with gains against dollar

The US dollar has been sliding today against all the world's major currencies after rallying over the past month due to comments from Fed chairman Jerome Powell about tightening monetary policy.

FEBRUARY 2, 2022ByGUY BEN SIMON/GLOBES/TNS

A Isreal Shekel note and a U.S. Dollar note are seen in this June 22, 2017 illustration photo.

Shekel weaker against dollar after Fed meeting

The shekel is weakening today against the dollar and strengthening against the euro.

JANUARY 28, 2022ByGLOBES/TNS

Federal Reserve mulls US digital currency, asks for public feedback

The US central bank is asking for feedback on a possible establishment of a digital currency in the US and presented a paper on how it might work, its benefits and its drawbacks.

JANUARY 21, 2022ByAARON REICH

Dollar sign. Will the US dollar go digital with a US digital currency? (illustrative)

BoI keeps interest rate unchanged, sees 5.5% growth in 2022

The Bank of Israel predicts inflation of 1.6% in 2022 and 2% in 2023, in the middle of the 1%-3% annual target range.

JANUARY 3, 2022ByGUY BEN SIMON/GLOBES/TNS

Wall Street rally fuels shekel surge

The shekel-dollar rate is currently down 0.75% in comparison with yesterday's representative rate, at NIS 3.114/$. The shekel-euro rate is down 0.5%, at NIS 3.5149/euro.

DECEMBER 17, 2021ByGUY BEN SIMON/GLOBES/TNS