From a dictation of a blanket ban on all crypto activities and digital currencies as tools for retail payments, including access to international exchange platforms in 2018, to recent declaration of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) to launch a central bank-backed digital currency (CBDC) by November 11, 2019, China has come a long way. […]
Gold: $1500…
Gold prices on Wednesday jumped above an important psychological level at $1,500 amid a round of easy-money policies that helped to stoke fresh appetite for the perceived safety of precious metals. The 10-year U.S. Treasury note’s TMUBMUSD10Y, -4.93% fall to new lows not seen since 2016 below 1.7%, also helped to drive demand for bullion. […]
Does China Have Enough U.S. Dollars to Survive the Trade U.S. Trade War…
The Chinese government is officially sitting on the world’s largest stockpile of foreign exchange reserves, but it has been scrambling recently to block backchannels for capital outflows as trade tensions with the United States increase. Beijing’s increasing scrutiny of the usage of the US dollar by Chinese companies and individuals, in the absence of any […]
Bank of England Boss: China’s Renminbi Will Rival the Dollar as Global Reserve Currency…
The past year was full of events that inevitably split the global geopolitical space into two camps: those who still support using US currency as a universal financial tool, and those who are turning their back on the greenback. Global tensions caused by economic sanctions and trade conflicts triggered by Washington have forced targeted countries […]
The Fed Is on a Collision Course…
Is the Trump economic boom a mirage? The data say yes, but the Fed models say no. The Fed has a long track record of sticking to its model-based approach and missing major turns in the U.S. economy. Current Fed policy will push the U.S. economy to the brink of recession later this year. When […]
‘PetroYuan’ Futures Launch with a Bang, Volume Dominates Brent As Big Traders Step In…
As we detailed previously, China’s yuan-denominated crude oil futures launched overnight in Shanghai with 62,500 contracts traded in aggregate, meaning over 62 million barrels of oil changed hands for a notional volume around 27 billion yuan (over $4 billion). As OilPrice.com’s Tsvetana Paraskova notes, Glencore, Trafigura, and Freepoint Commodities were among the first to buy […]
Death of U.S. Dollar? China Launches ‘PetroYuan’ to Challenge Greenback’s Dominance…
The Mnuchin Massacre: Precious Metals Surge Amid Dollar’s Worst Start in 30 Years…
The Dollar was smashed with the ugly-stick today as Mnuchin’s comments sparked chaos in FX markets… and as precious metals surged and bond yields jumped… and stocks actually sank (briefly)… we were reminded by the mainstream media that a falling dollar is great for ‘Murica so buy the dip in stocks with all your money […]
China About to Knock Out Petrodollar by Trading Oil in Yuan…
As one of the world’s top energy importers, China has successfully completed its fifth dry run in yuan-backed oil futures contract trading. The step has been already called Beijing’s challenge to the US dollar. According to Bloomberg, which cited a statement from the exchange, 149 members of Shanghai International Energy Exchange traded 647,930 lots in […]
Putin Orders to End Trade in U.S. Dollars at Russian Seaports…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the government to approve legislation making the ruble the main currency of exchange at all Russian seaports by next year, according to the Kremlin website. To protect the interests of stevedoring companies with foreign currency obligations, the government was instructed…
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