Chinese investors sold $21.2 billion in US equities and Treasuries, the US Treasury said Wednesday. Chinese investors sold an all-time record $5.1 billion of US stocks that month. The onshore yuan had weakened against the dollar to its lowest point since November in August. Chinese investors offloaded $21.2 billion of US assets in the month […]
In the past three months, gold purchases totaled 219 tonnes and the WGC sees a string of fourth quarters for more buying. The World Gold Council (WGC) reports that in August, central banks bought 77 tonnes, 38% more than in July. China, Poland, and Turkey headed the list of buyers. Reports say that the
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House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., on Tuesday afternoon will reintroduce the Central Bank Digital Currency Anti-Surveillance State Act. a Republican-backed bill that aims to prevent the Federal Reserve and its member banks from issuing a digital version of the dollar and using it to implement monetary policy. 130 countries, representing 98% of the global
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Peter Schiff explains- government spending has created the price inflation Americans continue to struggle with and how it has bankrupted the United States. The Biden administration keeps touting its “investments” in infrastructure and other programs. Meanwhile, average Americans continue to say they’re struggling with price inflation. “All of that government spending is being financed by
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De-dollarization could lead to a vicious cycle of economic destruction, according to an Australian economic think tank. That’s because waning use of the dollar could bring on hyperinflation, researcher Michael Roach said. Hyperinflation could lead to higher interest rates, which will weigh on asset prices, according to Roach. This outlook is furthered by speculation that
The BRICS bloc of countries are working on the creation of a new gold-backed currency that could potentially shift the global economic landscape. They seek to establish a currency partially backed by gold, challenging the US dollar’s dominance. How long this takes remains uncertain, the implications for savers and retirees in the US could be
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But experts say the new system could lay the groundwork for the infrastructure needed for a potential central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the U.S. “This is a payment system, not a digital token or a CBDC, but it is something that can be used to facilitate the creation of a CBDC,” said Jim Bianco,
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The U.S. has intensified plans to evacuate Americans living in Taiwan, The Messenger reported. The report came a day after Taiwan’s air force scrambles into action after spotting 10 Chinese warplanes crossing the sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait, as the island’s defense ministry said four Chinese warships also carried out combat patrols. “The fact
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Gold is underrated and could be pushed up by de-dollarization, Bridgewater’s Co-CIO said. Western sanctions on Russia that froze its foreign currency reserves highlighted the risks in using dollars. And since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, more countries have turned to China’s yuan or other non-dollar currencies for trade deals. “This geopolitical turmoil is not going
U.S. and China are on the brink of war, billionaire and Bridgewater’s founder Ray Dalio “We are on the brink of an economic resources war,” the founder of the world’s largest hedge fund wrote last week. The world order is changing, and all countries are getting caught up in the reshuffle based on resources. Bridgewater’s founder
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