New products reminiscent of the subprime era and which may create negative vicious cycles and crises are being launched by global bankers, reaping temporary benefits but at the same time questioning the stability of the international financial system. SRT – synthetic risk transfer is one of the hottest financial engineering tools today. The SRT tool …
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The return to the gold standard and blockchain are killing the dollar
The changing dynamics of global trade and the economy have intensified the search for a stable, universally accepted unit of account for international settlements. Recent geopolitical tensions, such as Russia’s exclusion from the SWIFT payment system, have accelerated efforts to find alternatives to the dollar. In response, the BRICS nations – which include Brazil, Russia, …
The Central Bank of Russia keeps the key interest rate unchanged for 2025!
At the last meeting of the Board of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation this year, it was decided to leave the key interest rate unchanged – at the level of 21%. This came as a surprise: most analysts were confident that the regulator would continue to tighten monetary policy and increase the index …
FED – Cuts interest rates by 0.25% to a range of 4.25% to 4.50% – Forecast for two 0.25% cuts in 2025
The Federal Reserve (Fed) cut interest rates by 25 basis points to a range of 4.25% to 4.50%, confirming forecasts. At the same time, central bankers now predict that the central bank will proceed with only two 25 basis point interest rate cuts in 2025. As the Monetary Policy Committee (FOMC) stated in its decision, …
Trust Economics: The “forecasts” for 2025 – Where should investors focus?
According to Trust Economics, there is a shift to a multipolar world, with prudent fiscal policies and higher interest rates than in the previous decade. The post-Global Financial Crisis environment of tight fiscal policy, zero interest rates and free global trade did not work to the benefit of the average citizen in the West, leading …
China is turning its economy into a war economy to achieve global domination
Drones have already become a primary weapon, capable of taking out soldiers and tanks, as well as helping to spot artillery fire and provide a standard method of battlefield reconnaissance. Electronic warfare — the use of EM signals to disrupt drones’ communication with their pilots and GPS satellites — provides some protection against drones for …
High borrowing costs are biting Russian businesses
US restrictions imposed in June to undermine the Kremlin have put local banks in countries that trade with Russia at higher risk of so-called secondary sanctions, increasingly delaying or disrupting payments to and from places like China and Turkey. This makes it difficult, and sometimes impossible, to execute transactions, particularly with China, Russia’s most important …
Bitcoin surpasses $100,000
Bitcoin not only broke but also significantly surpassed the long-awaited milestone of $100,000 in the early hours of Thursday, December 5, reaching $103,844.05, now recording a jump of more than 140% in 2024 and 48% since the US election. The jump was triggered by Donald Trump’s announcement that he plans to appoint cryptocurrency “friend” Paul …
Tariffs, the destructive currency war between China and the US and the “strong dollar”
Beijing has a powerful tool to respond to President-elect Donald Trump’s threatened new tariffs on Chinese goods: it could launch a currency war, a step that carries dire risks for both China and the United States — and certainly for the global economy. Depreciating the value of China’s currency, the yuan, against the dollar would …
The falsely called “primary surplus” of the Greek Government’s budget is a statistical trick
In the new budget submitted to Parliament, the deficit increases from 5.7 billion in 2024 to 5.9 billion in 2025. If all public bodies, legal entities, hospitals, social security funds (SSFs) and municipalities are included, some of which obviously have a surplus, then the deficit of the so-called General Government is limited to 1.4 billion …