By Rhod Mackenzie
For the first two decades of the 21st century, Germany was in its economic ascendency. Its economy boomed,it was one success after another. It gained dominace in world markets in areas such as high-tech,luxury cars and precision engineering and sold so much of its output that i...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Yet another country has come out to join the growing number of countries looking to use their national currencies in cross border trade in an attempt to avoid using the dollar due to its dominance in the global financial system. It is also very significant and conspicuous that In...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Moscow Exchange will start currency rading in UAE dirhams with settlement in rubles on Monday, and will also allow the settlement of over-the-counter transactions with the central counterparty (CCP) with the Turkish lira and the Hong Kong dollar, according to a statement from...
By Rhod Mackenzie
At the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) countries, the national coordinators were instructed to speed up the preparation of concrete proposals to improve the association's activities in line with modern realities. This is...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Russia's gold reserves stood at 2,332 tonnes at the end of last year - an all time record level, which according to the World Gold Council. Russia continues to rank fifth in the world in gold reserves. This trend is explained by the country's abandonment of toxic reserve currenci...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Russian companies exported 3.27 billion cubic metres of gas to China in July 2023, which was a record figure in the entire history of trade between the two countries, according to data from the Chinese Customs Bureau.
This is the total volume of both pipeline and liquefied supp...