SCO & BRICS latest news and insights
By Rhod Mackenzie
According to Thomas Hill, a former senior State Department official and the current director of the North Africa program at the American Institute of Peace (USIP), the recent expansion of BRICS should concern the United States. Hill explains that new members and prospective membe...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Russian bank VTB published figures regarding their sales of gold ingots to individual customers. It appears that Russians are still keen to buy gold, and this autumn the demand has gone up. What is the reason behind this sudden craze for gold and what other ways are there to...
By Rhod Mackenzie
In December 2023, analysts are concluding their assessments of the past year. One clear outcome they all agree upon by the majority is the achievement of the Chinese currency.
The Financial Times reports that the yuan has demonstrated significant triumph in 2023. This is rather...
By Faiza Abid
For nearly eight decades, the US Dollar (USD) has remained the primary global reserve currency. However, in recent times, due to growing concerns over dependency on the greenback, countries are looking towards alternative currencies for trade and other transactions, a phenomenon reco...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Brent crude prices have rebounded to $90 per barrel, while WTI has soared over $86 per barrel due to the alarming deterioration of the Middle East situation, an area that produces almost a third of the world's oil.
Gold predictably rose on fear of risk. The yellow metal, whose...
By Rhod Mackenzie
According to Liu Lin, the deputy head of the investment department of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), major issuers are trying to take advantage of the interest rate differential between China and the United States, and are therefore issuing and selling as many yuan bonds as p...
