USA economy on the verge of collapse

USA economy on the verge of collapse

Economy
Certain BRICS countries trade heavily in local currencies and are slowly preparing for complete de-dollarization, which aims to destroy the American economy by causing depression and inflation, which will be used as the main weapon. Events that are closely related to the economic situation in the world, such as the war in Ukraine and Palestine, have their own goal, and the big world countries use those events as a means of making money. After the recent election of President Donald Trump in America, the policy is slowly changing and as such it aims to restore the American currency as the number one currency in the world. Future president Donald Trump has threatened 100 percent tariffs on the BRICS countries if they continue to create a new currency. After this statement…
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Zimbabwean currency crisis continues

Zimbabwean currency crisis continues

Economy
According to recent research by the Economic Freedom Country Audit Zimbabwe (EFCAZ), talking about monetary instability in the country, escalation is inevitable unless urgent political changes are implemented. Given that there is little evidence of political will to resolve this situation, the country is struggling with instability. The currency of Zimbabwe, which was introduced in April 2024, did not contribute to the stability and improvement of the economic situation in the country. Bad economic policy led by the top government is slowly causing unrest in the country. Despite the fact that this currency crisis has been going on for more than 20 years, political officials have failed to stabilize the economy and help the nation. Zimbabwe is a country rich in mineral resources. Dominant minerals are platinum, chrome, gold, coal,…
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Reserve bank of India brings 102 tons of gold back home from Bank of England

Reserve bank of India brings 102 tons of gold back home from Bank of England

Economy
The Reserve Bank of India announced on (October 29.2024) to transport additional 102 tons of gold from Bank of England to its secure location in India. Total reserve of gold held by RBI are 855 tones. From 855 tones a reserve kept on Indian soil are 510 tones. There are much reason why RBI has changes his strategy to move its gold to Indian soil. One and the most important is a geopolitical risk. India as part of BRICS will have to ensure stability in its economy in time where currency dips in value, gold typically rises this enable central banks to protect their reserves at time of market volatility. This year in May, India announced that had already moved 100 tons from the UK, which represented the most significant…
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Speech by Piero Cipollone ECB board member on field of DLT technology

Speech by Piero Cipollone ECB board member on field of DLT technology

Bank news
A keynote speech that has divided many economist and IT professional in field of DLT technology that ECB promotes, develop, test and support to create a digital asset. Without doubts financial markets are highly complex and sophisticated. That's why the cost in advanced economies are increasing. In the Symposium 7 October 2024 in Frankfurt on the Future of Payments event Piero Cipollone said. „There is one crucial dimension that has often been overlooked, and that is technology. My aim today is not to discuss how to create a capital markets union for traditional assets, but to discuss how to create one for digital assets from the outset. Although technology has undeniably helped facilitate the provision of financial services through electronic bookkeeping, for example, digital technology has so far failed to…
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South Africa’s banks closing branches and ATMs rapidly

South Africa’s banks closing branches and ATMs rapidly

Economy
In the past 4-year South Africa banks have drastically reduced ATMs and branches. This trend continues as most of banks around the world started to reduce their ATMs and branches preparing for evolutionary step to era of digital cash in one-word digital banking. The dominance of digital banking has boosted banks income and reduction expenses. This digital trend will continue rapidly because of the convenience and efficiency of digital platform. The increase in online transaction in 2024 has risen the digitalization of banking products. Standard Bank one of South Africa’s largest financial institution stated a 30% increase in online transaction of 1.5 billion digital transaction using their platform. Nedbank in 2019 listed more than 700 branches in its portfolio, but in 2024 they dropped to 500.  This surge in digital…
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US Federal reserve cut interest rates by 50 base point, rising gold price and weakening US dollar

US Federal reserve cut interest rates by 50 base point, rising gold price and weakening US dollar

Economy
Economist and gold advocate Peter Schiff has warned, Fed's rate cut will lead to Economic Disaster. He wrote on X platform, Elaborating: „Not only will this round of rate cuts not stop a cooling economy from entering a recession, but it will also turn up the heat of inflation, making the recession that much worse. “ Federal reserve bank decision is based on hope and this rate cut will only make things worse for the economy and its people. The worst trouble is that long-term bond yield rose. This warning from Peter Schiff was absolutely justified regarding the fact that Fed have made a policy mistake crushing the dollar and reignite inflation who will angared more debt and send consumer prices soaring. Schiff commented on Wednesday: „ Analyst claiming the…
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New MasterCard cryptocurrency credit card in cooperation with Mercuryo

New MasterCard cryptocurrency credit card in cooperation with Mercuryo

Economy
MasterCard and Mercuryo have launched a multi-chain debit card, allowing users to spend their cryptocurrency directly from their wallets. This MasterCard functions as a debit card, available to use across MasterCard’s 100 M+ network of merchants. It integrates with both Apple Pay and Google Pay. How it works the MasterCard Web3 Card MasterCard and Mercuryo joined forces and made a new credit card who offers easy and safe way to access crypto-money of their consumer’s digital wallets. The new step who makes it simple for Web3 wallet user to access their self-custody crypto balances and spend in across 100 million+ acceptance locations anywhere where MasterCard is accepted. One of the most important mission of MasterCard is to adopt the self-custody crypto. Self-custody is the core concepts of cryptocurrency, providing a…
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Russia to launch BRICS cryptocurrency cross-border exchange

Russia to launch BRICS cryptocurrency cross-border exchange

Economy
Russia announced on September the first to start its cryptocurrency cross-border exchange. As said the use of digital tokens will help the economy especially Russian companies to easy transaction outside country, because of the difficulties who are set by international sanction. Because of the international sanction and Western restriction Russia was forced to develop its own system and to create new BRICS block challenging the West. Western countries despite the effort to help Ukraine to rage war against Russia and create sanction against Russia have backfired in many ways. Russia will utilize its National Payment Card System (NPCS) to carry on the exchange of rubles into cryptocurrencies for international transactions. All trial transaction will be under the supervision of the Central Bank of Russia. About National Payment Card System (NPCS)…
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The US dollar is facing lower position as the world reserve currency

The US dollar is facing lower position as the world reserve currency

Economy
There are many indicators that already show how the US dollar is losing his position and power in the world. The number one reserve currency is backed by debt. BRICS nations started to developed their own currency and many investors and government are turning back to gold and silver backed up currency. For now, the US government is trying to stop and get rid of the US dollar and get their new digital form of US dollar who by the state will be more secure, stable, reliable, efficient and backed by gold. For now, the US dollar has many targets on its back. One of them is China as a major devaluation of US dollar because of its exporter that hurt the US. Dollar lower position as the world principle…
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South African new inflation measure to monitor underlying prices

South African new inflation measure to monitor underlying prices

Economy
To support monetary policy decision making, South African Reserve Bank has constructed a new inflation measure to monitor underlying prices. In order to distinguish short-term inflationary pressures from those that are more persistent, this measure is unique and will provide policymakers with a better insight into inflationary fluctuations with headline and core inflation. Authors said "Expanding the set of measures to assess underlying price pressures increases the robustness and confidence in correctly determining persistent inflation dynamics given the uncertainty surrounding any such measure". It is crucial for the formulation of monetary policy. As we know, super-core inflation consists of an increase in the basic prices of goods caused by the general economic conditions of production, which shows sensitivity to the business cycle, authors including Samantha de Kock, MG Ferreira and…
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