Wizard/Muggle Money was: Wizarding Professions

[Michal]

No: HPFGUIDX 109286

The Wizarding Profession posts mentioned wizards doing their shopping and 
speculated on how they acquired Muggle goods. So my brain started thinking 
about money.

In the books, the Grangers exchange Muggle money for Wizard money, a 
service that would probably be unavailable unless wizards had a use for 
Muggle money. So, I suspect that wizards do business with Muggles. 
Individuals might go to the Gap or Penneys to get jeans (or flowered 
nightgowns to wear at the World Cup). A shopkeeper might acquire 
merchandise from Muggle wholesalers. A rich wizard might invest in Muggle 
businesses. Of course, they'd have to behave properly, following the 
secrecy rules set by the Ministry of Magic.

Michal