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Currency Wars
Rationalising China’s Exchange Rate Policy
By Yukon Huang, Carnegie Endowment There are conflicts among the many objectives shaping China’s exchange rate policy. Politically, China’s leaders are keen on having the renminbi become a major international currency. For this purpose, the renminbi needs to be strong and stable enough that others will use it to settle trade balances and as a reserve … Continue reading
Washington’s Financial/Currency War On China: Eclipsing Of The Dollar By The Yuan – OpEd
By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya The Chinese are in the process of displacing the monopoly of the US dollar. They are dropping their US Treasury bonds, stockpiling gold reserves, and opening regional distribution banks for their own national currency. This will give them easier access to capital markets and insulate them from financial manipulation by Washington and … Continue reading
What China’s Currency Devaluation Means For Chinese Stability
China’s staggeringly long history reaches back well at least 3,000 years, and possibly more, depending on who’s asked. If any single pattern can be pulled from so much history, it’s this: no Chinese dynasty lasts forever, and when they fall, it’s always catastrophic for China in general. Chinese political thinkers underpin much of their … Continue reading
Chinese Yuan Will Join IMF Reserve Currency Basket Earliest After September 2016
“The International Monetary Fund pushed back until Sept. 30, 2016, the date that China’s yuan could be included in its basket of reserve currencies,” Bloomberg reports. The news agency said the following: The executive board, which represents the IMF’s 188 member nations, voted Aug. 11 to extend the composition of the fund’s Special Drawing Rights for … Continue reading
Why The U.S. Dollar Could Drop Up To 20% Following A Fed Rate Hike – OpEd
As the U.S. Federal Reserve prepares for the first time in a decade to increase its borrowing costs, currency market participants are buying into the dollar, seeking to sell at its highest value, which is, as history shows, is just before the actual tightening move. . By Kristian Rouz, Sputnik News After a year of gains, propelled … Continue reading
Peter Schiff On How China Will Win The Currency War
Peter Schiff, the CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, is warning that there is an impending U.S. dollar collapse and economic collapse on the horizon that should be getting a lot more attention, and not China’s recent currency devaluation. In a recent interview with Alex Jones on Infowars, Schiff breaks down what he thinks will cause the up and coming … Continue reading
Asian Financial Crisis Redux?: Is Malaysia Set To Introduce Capital Controls, Currency Peg?
In July 1997, during the dawn of the Asian Financial Crisis, the Malaysian ringgit was heavily traded by speculators. The overnight rate jumped from under 8 percent to over 40 percent. This led to rating downgrades and a broad selloff of its stock and currency markets. By the end of 1997, Malaysia’s ratings had fallen many notches from investment grade … Continue reading
The Impending U.S. Dollar Collapse Should Be Getting Attention, Not China’s Yuan Devaluation: Peter Schiff
By Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Capital China’s recent move to devalue the yuan has sent shock waves through the global financial markets and has convinced most observers that a new front in the global currency wars has begun. The move has caused many observes to envision a new round of competitive devaluations around the globe in … Continue reading
China’s Stock Index Has Just Made Its Best Week In 2 Months While Yuan Volatility Shakes The Markets
China’s benchmark stock index has just made its biggest weekly gain in two months. Investors bet that the weaker yuan will help to boost the economy. The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.3% at the close today and this week the index advanced by 5.9%. The yuan lost 3% for the week as a result of Tuesday’s surprise devaluation. Gerry Alfonso, a sales trader at Shenwan … Continue reading
A Death Cross, Wild Market Swings And A Currency War – And We Haven’t Even Gotten To September Yet
By Michael Snyder, published on 12AUG2015 Things continue to line up in textbook fashion for a major financial crisis by the end of 2015. This week, Wall Street has been buzzing about the first “death cross” that we have seen for the Dow since 2011. When the 50-day moving average moves below the 200-day moving … Continue reading
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