Washington/Beijing: – The US Department of State has started targeting China over human rights issues. The US state department, on Thursday, announced the imposition of sanctions against a senior Chinese official along with his wife, for human rights violation. This is the second instance of the United States imposing sanctions on Chinese officials this week. […]
Frankfurt: – Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, expressed confidence that Europe could start a digital currency in the next four years. Only a few months ago, China announced Digital Yuan. Whereas, countries like the United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany and France also have indicated to start efforts to launch digital currencies. Over the […]
Beijing/London: The United Kingdom, who is supporting the agitation going on in Hong Kong for the last more than six months, has been jolted by China. China has suspended the transactions on the Shanghai and London stock exchanges. This action taken by China, when the London Stock market is already reeling under the pressure of […]
Moscow: Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov claimed that Russia could maintain its economic progress on the strength of its gold reserves, despite any slump in the oil prices, on the international level. Russia has a gold reserve of more than 2200 tonnes valued at USD 108 billion. At the same time, Russia has added to […]
Moscow: The largest Russian oil company ‘Rosneft’ has decided to permanently outcast US dollar from its transactions. In an independent release, Rosneft clarified that henceforth, the oil rates will be announced only in Euro, instead of US dollars. All the customer companies have been issued instructions regarding this and the company has already started transacting […]
Washington: At a time, when economies like Russia and China are trying to challenge the economic domination of the United States, it has been exposed that USD, the leading reserve currency of the world, is losing its percentage share. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced the information regarding the investments in the reserve currencies […]
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/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 […]