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Tag: Currencies

Milei Government Announces First Plan to Fight Inflation–50% Devalue of the Peso
Political Economy

Milei Government Announces First Plan to Fight Inflation–50% Devalue of the Peso

December 13, 2023

Financial analysts and the International Monetary Fund are reacting to the much-anticipated first step of the new government in…

Russian Embassy Confirms Creation of BRICS Currency Backed by Gold Without a Timetable
Political Economy

Russian Embassy Confirms Creation of BRICS Currency Backed by Gold Without a Timetable

July 13, 2023July 14, 2023

In this political climate, no one should take what the employees of a single Russian embassy say as gospel,…

India’s Central Bank Digital Currency Begins Testing to Serve Largest World Remittance Market
Global Economy

India’s Central Bank Digital Currency Begins Testing to Serve Largest World Remittance Market

October 24, 2022

Earlier in October, the Reserve Bank of India announced it was piloting a digital, or “e-rupee,” joining China, some…

England Throws In the Towel Against Inflation, Announces Quantitative Easing
Political Economy

England Throws In the Towel Against Inflation, Announces Quantitative Easing

September 30, 2022

A statement from the Bank of England in the midst of their currency plummeting in value reveals a substantial…

Gold Will Buttress Attempts by BRICS Nations to Create New Reserve Currency
ArchivesGlobal Economy

Gold Will Buttress Attempts by BRICS Nations to Create New Reserve Currency

August 19, 2022July 14, 2023

In June during the 14th annual BRICS summit, it was announced that the five economies would be seeking to…

New Global Payments Systems to Challenge the Dollar’s Future Dominance
ArchivesGlobal Economy

New Global Payments Systems to Challenge the Dollar’s Future Dominance

August 1, 2022July 14, 2023

PICTURED: Chinese President Xi Jinping, President Vladimir Putin, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and South African…

Much of South Asia Poised to Follow Sri Lanka into Economic Ruin
Global Economy

Much of South Asia Poised to Follow Sri Lanka into Economic Ruin

July 27, 2022

PICTURED: Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka on April 13, 2022 in front of the Presidential Secretariat. PC: AntanO. CC…


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