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The Federal Bank wishes to devalue the dollar by 33% over the next 20 years to put Obama's "American Production Power House" idea under way. Obama wants to make America the major exporter that it was in the 1920's but he is kind of cheating. Instead of devaluing the dollar to make exports more attractive, why not create avenues for  entrepreneurship?

The article is discussing the effect on recent in events in Egypt on their exchange rate. The exchange rate has devalued drastically in the last year and economists say that a further devaluation will almost be inevitable, as it is likely to cause a very bad inflation as well as further social unrest. The reason for the devaluation in the currency is reduced demand for the currency, for example there are much fewer tourists in Egypt now that have been before.

This article talks about how the Venezuelan government could devalue it's currency as a "first step to maintain capital flow". The devaluation would lead to a fall in import, and a current account deficit of the nation could be balanced out.

Tunisialive.net reports on the falling value of the Dinar.

The article is about the views on the rationality of China devaluing its own currency.

This is a very interesting article about how Chinese economists are going to raise the value of the yuan. It seems that there are outreaching effects in the United States - the exports from China will raise in price and therefore Americans' disposable income will start to decrease. 

Fourteen African countries use a currency that hurts their economies and benefits their former colonial master, France.

The article discusses the effects of the decrease in value of Iran's currency, which is predicted to devalue even more with the economic sanctions.