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• May 24, 2019

  The Hunting of the Greenback

  By: Graham Iddon

  
  

  

  During World War Two, the Bank created the Foreign Exchange Control Board (FECB). One of its major tasks was to find as many US dollars as possible to pay for American imports.

  Content type(s): Blog posts
• May 15, 2019

  What goes up…

  By: Graham Iddon

  
  

  

  Economic bubbles continued to pop up regularly throughout history, and still do today.

  Content type(s): Blog posts Subject(s): Economy, Social studies Grade level(s): Grade 08 / Secondary 2, Grade 09 / Secondary 3, Grade 10 / Secondary 4, Grades 11 and 12 / Secondary 5 and CEGEP