Mozambican metical Mozambican metical The metical (plural: "meticais") is the currency of Mozambique, abbreviated with the symbol "MZN" or "MT". It is nominally divided into 100 centavos. The name "metical" comes from Arabic ("mithqāl"), a unit of weight and an alternative name for the gold dinar coin that was used throughout much of Africa until the 19th century. The metical (MZM) replaced the "escudo" at par on 16 June 1980. It was divided into 100 "centavos". The metical underwent severe inflation. After the revaluation of the Romanian leu, the metical briefly became the least valued currency unit, at a value of about
Monetary policy of the United States the country. The concepts involved in monetary policy may be widely misunderstood in the general public, as evidenced by the volume of literature on topics such as "Federal Reserve conspiracy" and "Federal Reserve fraud." A few of the uncertainties involved in monetary policy decision making are described by the federal reserve: The Federal Reserve is lauded by some economists, while being the target of scathing criticism by other economists, legislators, and sometimes members of the general public. The former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Ben Bernanke, is one of the leading academic critics of the Federal Reserve's policies during