The List: The World's Worst Currencies

Most countries seem to have finally whipped inflation—at least for now. But not everyone is celebrating the world’s impressive economic stability. In today’s List, FP takes a hard look at the soft currencies of some of the most unstable economies on the planet.

JUNE 11, 2007

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Somalia

Currency: Somali shilling (SOS); Somaliland, an independent region not recognized by any country, also issues its own currency called the Somaliland shilling

Inflation rate: Nobody knows. Whatever it is, its not low.

Exchange rate: 1,387.77 SOS per US$1

What went wrong? Everything. Its no surprise that the U.S. dollar and not the shilling...

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