By F. William Engdahl Russia is about to take another major step towards liberating the Ruble from the Dollar System. Its Finance Ministry just revealed it is considering issuing Russian state debt in Chinese Yuan. That would be an elegant way to decouple from the dependence and blackmail pressures from the US Treasury financial terrorism operations … Continue reading
By Xiao Xun China’s currency is no longer undervalued given its recent appreciation, but the government should pick up the pace in loosening controls on the exchange rate, the International Monetary Fund said. Economists critical of the IMF’s assessment said it did not reflect the real value of the Chinese yuan, and that the IMF was … Continue reading
China can ultimately overthrow the global domination of the U.S. dollar by using its 30,000 tons of gold reserves, according to Chinese economist Jin Zihou. Citing former U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan, Chinese economic observer Jin Zihou suggested that the Chinese renminbi would be able to deal a lethal blow to today’s financial system should Beijing convert … Continue reading
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang asked the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde on Monday to include China’s yuan in its Special Drawing Rights (SDR) basket, China’s state-run Xinhua news agency reports. According to the report, Premier Li told Lagarde that China would “speed up the basic convertibility of yuan on the capital account and provide more facility for domestic … Continue reading
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Sunday that the Chinese yuan “clearly belongs” in the Special Drawing Rights (SDR) basket and that the IMF would work with China to that end, Bloomberg reports. “Timing is something that we will be discussing amongst ourselves but I think we welcome this introduction,” Lagarde said. … Continue reading