Putin says the Ruble will rise again. Do you know of *any* cases where a currency has been seriously devalued and then recovered to anythin near its previous value?

by Travesura
Matador09

Yes. Take the example of Argentina in the late 80's. Huge current accounts imbalance and sovereign debt payments essentially crashed the value of the Argentine Peso. They went from almost dollar parity in 1986 to the an exchange rate of about 10,000 pesos per dollar in late 1991. Cavallo then pegged the Peso to the Dollar and achieved dollar parity by law until 2001.

Obviously, that's a bit of a cheat-y answer, but that's usually the way countries stem hyperinflation: peg to a stable currency and stop the printing press--often opting to destroy currency.

Discussing whether the Rouble will rise again is highly subjective, and well beyond the 20 year limitation of this subreddit. You may find some good analysis of future trends on /r/asksocialscience or /r/economics

Commustar

I've had to remove your question for being problematic in two ways.

First, by asking "do you know of any cases" your question becomes a "throughout history question" which is against subreddit rules. I recommend limiting the question to a certain time period (the 19th and 20th centuries, perhaps).

Secondly, I have had to remove a few responses that violate the 20 year rule, and we try very hard to avoid discussion of current events and current politics in this sub.

You are free to edit and resubmit your question, but I would ask that you remove mention of Putin, as well as specifying an era.

Thanks!