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How Beijing And The West Work Together To Manipulate The Global Currency War
By Brendan Brown From reading the commentaries you might have imagined that the process of a currency winning international reserve status depends on getting the IMF seal of approval. At least that seems to be the story with China. So, strange to tell, the great international monies of the past evolved either before the IMF was … Continue reading
Is A Stronger Renminbi Threatening China’s Long-Term Growth?
By Jeffrey D. Sachs China is now experiencing what Japan went through a generation ago: a marked slowdown in economic growth after demands by the United States that it restrict its exports. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Japan was criticized by the US as an “unfair trader” by virtue of its soaring manufacturing exports. … Continue reading
Chinese Yuan Emerges As World’s Fourth Most-Used Payments Currency
China’s yuan has emerged to become the fourth most-used currency in the world for cross-border payments in August, according to a report published by global transaction services organization SWIFT (The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication). For the first time ever, the yuan has moved ahead of the Japanese yen, and rose to its highest ranking ever, despite devaluations from its Central Bank. There was … Continue reading
IMF Work Progresses on 2015 SDR Basket Review
SDR review takes place every five years Staff paper lays out initial considerations; formal Board meeting late 2015 Focus on Chinese renminbi for meeting inclusion criteria The IMF Executive Board will formally review the composition and valuation of the Special Drawing Rights (SDR) basket toward the end of the year. As part of this process, … Continue reading
After Six Years Of Secrecy, China Has Released Questionable Gold Reserve Figures
After six years of mystery over how much gold China is actually hoarding, the nation surprised the bullion market on Friday by unveiling its first reserve figures since last published in April 2009, which showed a near 60 percent jump versus expectations that holdings had tripled since that time. China has boosted bullion assets to 53.31 million troy … Continue reading
Chinese Yuan’s Inclusion To IMF’s SDR Basket Could Draw $1 Trillion
Around $1 trillion in global currency reserves will switch into Chinese assets should the International Monetary Fund (IMF) endorse the yuan as a reserve currency and include it in its Special Drawing Rights (SDR) basket this year, according to Standard Chartered, Bloomberg reports. “SDR inclusion in 2015 would likely have a significant market impact, driving an immediate sharp … Continue reading
The Global Impact Of The Rising Dollar
By Deena Zaidi The US dollar has been on the rise every day setting new records. With the upward pressure on dollar, stronger dollar could tighten financial conditions across the globe. Further the rising dollar could be offsetting the benefit of low cost oil within the US economy. Over the past six months, the trade-weighted dollar … Continue reading
Lord Rothschild Warns Investors: Geopolitics Most Dangerous Since WWII
“The world now faces greater geopolitical risks than since the end of the Second World War as unemployment threatens European welfare and chaos engulfs the Middle East, Lord Rothschild warned investors in the £2.3 billion RIT* Capital fund,” RT reported today. World GDP grew at “a disappointing and uneven rate in 2014” following six years … Continue reading
A New Rise Of Japan? – OpEd
Japan is trying to increase its influence by reinventing itself in the areas of foreign policy, security and economics and by repositioning itself in the global order. However, while it is observed that the country’s foreign and security policies are going through a tough test, it also would be difficult to say that developments in … Continue reading
Japan’s Trade Deficit Jumps To $108bn Record High
The trade deficit of the world’s third largest economy hit a new record of around $108 billion in 2014, the highest since 1979. Sharp demand for energy in Japan after the Fukushima disaster boosted imports; lower oil prices could reverse this in 2015. Japan’s trade deficit rose by 11.4 percent compared to 2013 to reachto … Continue reading
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