New York: The US company, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) that owns the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), which is the largest stock exchange in the world, has launched Bitcoin Futures trading in the cryptocurrency. The first trade on Future’s Exchange started on Sunday at 8.00 pm, US time and the company informed that the first transaction […]
Moscow/Washington: Russian Foreign Minister Anton Siluanov announced that henceforth, Russia would purchase debt bonds in currencies other than the US dollar. At the same time, the Russian Foreign Minister also claimed that Russia would not need any financial assistance in the remaining part of the year 2019. Russia, consistently faced with sanctions from the United […]
Moscow: Experts at the international level have been warning that US-China trade war, uncertainty regarding Brexit, tensions over the Iran issue and the sanctions imposed by the United States against various countries would be the factors precipitating a global recession. Against the backdrop of this looming recession, it is reported that Russia has increased its […]
London/Moscow: Many groups, including the ‘World Gold Council’ had reported an increase in the Gold purchase, by the central banks of the leading economies of the world, over the last few years. Analysts and economists have claimed that the trend in the Gold purchase will continue because of the increasing tensions at the international level, […]
London/New York: Owing to the latest flare-up in the US-China trade war, gold prices have climbed considerably. On Monday, gold prices scaled up to USD 1,550 per ounce mark, setting a new record. Earlier, it was in April 2013 that gold had reached its peak. At the beginning of the month, Gold rates had crossed […]
Washington/Beijing: Due to the trade war initiated by US President Trump, the Chinese economy is on the verge of decline, and if further burdened with taxes, it would collapse in the year 2020. A report published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) regarding China, warns that the Chinese economy can decline by 0.8%, under the […]
Beijing/Washington: China has devalued its currency, Yuan, to seven Yuan to a USD, at a time when the trade war is intensifying. While announcing this devaluation, the Chinese central bank mentioned the taxes imposed by the United States, unilateral decisions and protective trade policies of the United States. Therefore, this devaluation is believed to be […]
Washington: JP Morgan, the leading financial institution in the world, warned that in the coming decades the global economy is set for some landslide changes and USD will lose its influence on the worldwide economy and the system with the influence of the Asian continent will take over as the leader. Only last month, former […]
Tehran: The Iranian economy has plunged into a crisis, and the country has been hit with peak inflation due to stringent sanctions imposed by the US in the last year. The Iranian citizens are complaining about food prices that have shot up by 50% to 100%. Moreover, the government, too, has tremendously failed to bring […]
Niamey: Nigeria, the largest country in West Africa, has consented to join the ambitious Free Trade Agreement for the African continent. The Nigerian consent, increased the number of African countries, joining the Free Trade Agreement, to 53. At the same time, senior officials said that this makes the path smoother,for implementation of the Free Trade […]