Currency depreciation 2 articles

Currency depreciation is an economic concept concerned with exchange rate weakening and its relationship to domestic currency loss of value. It also helps explain foreign exchange market movement, while import cost pressure and external balance adjustment show how the mechanism can affect policy, investment or productive activity. The term is useful because it isolates a specific economic process rather than collapsing it into broad measures of growth, business conditions or market sentiment.

Economy

Uganda Adds to Reserves as Shilling Sets New Lows

October 13, 2026, 8:26 PM

Foreign-exchange reserves rose 56% to $6.7 billion in the year to June. The shilling has still lost more than 11% since January, while reserve cover remains short of the central bank’s four-month goal.

Economy

Ethiopia’s Reform Now Faces a Household Test

October 13, 2026, 12:50 PM

Strong growth forecasts and reform measures have yet to ease pressure on Ethiopian households and firms. Inflation is rising, the birr is weakening and a new minimum tax is adding strain.