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Report: BRICS Countries Told to Consider Countering the Dollar’s Global Hegemony
22.5.2022
Chinese experts have called on leaders of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries to consider countering the dollar, whose global hegemony is thought to be abusive. Still, the experts concede that any attempt to diminish the dollar’s dominance will take time. BRICS...
Inflation Should Be Viewed as Public Enemy Number 1
21.5.2022
Jannie Rossouw, Visiting Professor at the Business School, University of the Witwatersrand._____
Inflation is a process of sustained increases in the general price level over a period of time, typically 12 months.
Inflation can be calculated for a country, for specific regions in a country...
Survey Shows 87% of Americans Are Stressed About Inflation and Rising Costs of Everyday Goods
21.5.2022
As the consumer price index (CPI), a measure of prices for goods and services, hit another all-time high in April reaching 8.3%, Americans are stressed out more than ever about inflation and money. A recent survey published by the American Psychological Association shows that 87% of U.S. residents...
Stocks Hurt US Households More Than Crypto, Commonwealth Bank Pauses Crypto Plans, Bitcoin PizzaDAO + More News
20.5.2022
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Read More: Stocks Hurt US Households More Than Crypto, Commonwealth Bank Pauses Crypto Plans, Bitcoin PizzaDAO + More News
G7 to Discuss Crypto, Aave's Lens Protocol Goes Live, Terra's Team Shrinks + More News
18.5.2022
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Elon Musk: US Economy Is Probably in Recession That Could Last 18 Months — Warns It ‘Will Get Worse’
18.5.2022
Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk says that the U.S. economy is probably in a recession and it could be “tough going” for 12 to 18 months. He added: “The honest reason for inflation is that the government printed a zillion more money than it had.” Elon Musk on U.S....
India’s Central Bank RBI Warns Crypto Could Lead to Dollarization of Economy
17.5.2022
India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has expressed concerns that cryptocurrencies could lead to the dollarization of a part of the Indian economy. “It will seriously undermine the RBI’s capacity to determine monetary policy and regulate the monetary system...
Goldman Sachs’ Blankfein Advises Companies and Consumers to Prepare for US Recession — Says It’s a ‘Very, Very High Risk’
16.5.2022
Goldman Sachs Senior Chairman and former CEO Lloyd Blankfein has warned that companies and consumers should prepare for a recession in the U.S. He stressed that it’s a “very, very, high risk.” Goldman’s Blankfein Warns About a Recession Lloyd Blankfein, a former Goldman...
Top 5 Play-to-Earn Games on BNB Smart Chain
13.5.2022
Play-to-earn (P2E) games are gaining popularity as they enable gamers across the globe to earn crypto for playing games online.
Read on to discover the most popular play-to-earn games on BNB Smart Chain.
BNB Smart Chain, formerly known as Binance Smart Chain (BSC), is an Ethereum Virtual...
US Inflation for April Hits 8.3%, Slightly Above Expectations
11.5.2022
US inflation hit 8.3% in April, down from a peak of 8.5% the month before, but still above expectations, new data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics show.
“Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 8.3% before seasonal adjustment,” the announcement said, adding that price...
Erratic Bond Yields, Lockdowns, and War — 3 Reasons Why Economic Recovery Won’t Happen Quickly
10.5.2022
The global economy looks bleak as inflation continues to rise, and a wide array of financial investments continue to shudder in value. Since May 2, 2022, the crypto economy has dropped more than 15% from $1.83 trillion to today’s $1.54 trillion. The price of gold has lost 5% in 30 days,...
Just How Sustainable Are Play-to-Earn Gaming Pyramids?
8.5.2022
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The play-to-earn (P2E) GameFi sector was one of crypto’s biggest success stories in 2021, with Axie Infinity alone accounting for USD 3.5bn in NFT sales last year. This is in addition to the increasingly high market capitalizations of a growing number of play-to-earn tokens, with...
Fed Hopes for ‘Soft Landing’ for US Economy, but History Suggests It Won’t Prevent Recession
8.5.2022
Alex Domash, Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School, and Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard Kennedy School._____
The Federal Reserve will likely soon learn what gymnasts already know: sticking a landing is hard....
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Turkey’s Inflation Rate Surges to 70%, Monthly Rate of Change Now 7.25%
7.5.2022
The latest data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TSI) shows that rising transportation and food costs were some of the key factors contributing to the surge in the country’s inflation rate to 70%. Economic Revival Efforts Not Bearing Fruit Rising commodity prices and increased...
Peter Schiff Warns Economic Downturn in the US ‘Will Be Much Worse Than the Great Recession’
6.5.2022
Following the Federal Reserve’s rate hike on Wednesday, economist Peter Schiff has had a lot to say since the U.S. central bank raised the benchmark rate by half a percentage point. Schiff further believes we are in a recession and says “it will be much worse than the Great Recession...
Strong US Dollar Posts 5-Week High, Markets Price in a 75 bps Fed Rate Hike for June
6.5.2022
While precious metals, stocks, and cryptocurrencies saw a significant downturn this week, the U.S. dollar tapped a 20-year high against the Japanese yen and a number of other currencies. The greenback has seen five weeks of consecutive gains following the Federal Reserve’s 50 basis point...
US Central Bank Raises Rates by Half a Percentage Point, Fed’s Powell Says Similar Hikes Are on the Table
4.5.2022
The U.S. Federal Reserve raised the benchmark interest rate on Wednesday and the increase was the biggest rate hike in two decades. “Inflation is much too high,” the central bank’s chair Jerome Powell said after the Fed raised rates by 0.5%. FOMC Decides to Hike Rate by 3/4...
Fed Targets Inflation With Expected Half Point Hike, Will Reduce Assets
4.5.2022
The US Federal Reserve (Fed) raised interest rates by 0.5 percentage points, to 0.75%-1%, in line with what analysts expected and what Fed Chair Jerome Powell has previously communicated. (This is a developing story and is being updated.)...
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‘Surprisingly Robust’ Bitcoin Slips Lower as Market Awaits Next Fed Move
3.5.2022
The price of bitcoin (BTC) fluctuated on Tuesday, as market participants took a wait-and-see approach ahead of an expected interest rate announcement by the US Federal Reserve (Fed) on Wednesday. Meanwhile, analysts said bitcoin appears resilient in the face of a negative outlook for risk...
World Bank Predicts 3% Gold Price Growth, Expert Says a $3K per Ounce ‘Is More Likely Than Not’
30.4.2022
The World Bank has said it expects the price of gold to rise by 3% in 2022 but warned the price might fall sharply if the Russian central bank decides to offload large quantities of the commodity. The Russian Factor After the price of gold surged past the $2,000 mark in early March, a new […]