The US dollar may soon lose its status as world’s reserve currency, a former executive at Lehman Brothers warns

The US dollar may soon lose its status as world’s reserve currency, a former executive at Lehman Brothers warns

Washington: Although the US dollar is currently at its peak, it will lose its status as a global reserve currency soon, warned Lawrence MacDonald, a former senior official at Lehman Brothers. MacDonald also cautioned that the globally used SWIFT payment system is being used as a weapon to end the dominance of the US dollar. […]

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India will benefit by trading in INR with Russia alongside other nations, economists claim after the RBI’s announcement

India will benefit by trading in INR with Russia alongside other nations, economists claim after the RBI’s announcement

New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced that the use of Indian Rupees is allowed in import and export transactions. Since the Ukraine conflict, nearly a trillion Rupees have reduced the Indian foreign exchange reserves. In this scenario, it will benefit the Indian economy to conduct trades in Indian Rupees. Russia, unable to […]

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RBI will not allow a major fall in the value of the rupee: Deputy Governor Michael Patra

RBI will not allow a major fall in the value of the rupee: Deputy Governor Michael Patra

New Delhi: Reserve Bank Deputy Governor Michael Patra has expressed confidence that India’s required monetary policy tightening will be more moderate than other countries in the coming days. He also claimed that inflation in India would come under control in the coming months. At the same time, the RBI is trying to ensure that there […]

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Western countries will have to impose fuel rationing given the Russian sanctions, warns IEA Chief

Western countries will have to impose fuel rationing given the Russian sanctions, warns IEA Chief

Paris: A crisis bigger than the 1970 ‘Oil Crisis’ has been created, riding on the sanctions imposed against Russia. International Energy Agency (IEA) Chief Fatih Birol warned that the United States and European countries might have to resort to fuel rationing in the coming times. There was a shortage of only crude oil in 1970. […]

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Russia’s allies should reduce their use of USD and Euro, appeals Russian Minister

Russia’s allies should reduce their use of USD and Euro, appeals Russian Minister

Tashkent: Russia will be stressing transactions in the national currency with its trading partners. Denis Manturov, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, appealed that these countries also should reduce the use of USD and Euro. ‘Russia has organised an international Trade Fair’ in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. The Russian Trade Minister […]

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Few countries may reduce transactions in US dollars after sanctions against Russia: IMF

Few countries may reduce transactions in US dollars after sanctions against Russia: IMF

Washington: The United States and the other western countries have frozen the Russian foreign exchange reserves to the tune of $300 billion. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that some western countries might reconsider the share of USD within their foreign reserves following this action. A leading US think tank has highlighted this issue and […]

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West trying to make Russia a defaulter: Russian Finance Minister

West trying to make Russia a defaulter: Russian Finance Minister

Moscow/Washington: – The Russian Finance Minister has accused those Western countries are making frantic efforts to ensure that Russia does not repay the loans taken from foreign countries, after which the country would be declared a defaulter. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov warned that Russia will not fall prey to these tactics and will repay the […]

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