Well, that’s the million-dollar question, and economists are trying to work it out. Speaking on The Real Story programme, economist Vicky Pryce gave an overview of how to control inflation. Vicky Pryce, economist One of them, something that is actually most effective, is by slowing down de...
Around the world, prices of things are rising more than normal, and more worrying is that prices keep going up. 在世界各地,商品价格的涨幅都超过正常水平,更令人担忧的是价格在持续上涨。 Two things in particular are increasing in price – energy, like gas and electricity, and food. 特别是这两...
The dollar is also supported by its still‐dominant position in global financial markets. Recent talk of 'de‐dollarisation' looks to be largely hype ‐ the dollar's share of cross‐border transactions, trade invoicing, and FX reserves is high and either stable or rising. The conditions ...
One of the reasons why some countries want to move away from the US Dollar is because of the rising interest rates and cost of doing business. Most people know that the Federal Reserve Bank has had to engage in a drastic hike in the interest rates for the US Dollar to combat inflation ...
To hedge against this rising inflation, many have retreated from the dollar and have taken shelter in assets that historically have held value or have even appreciated in value. Typically, assets that people convert their dollars into to avoid inflation or volatile markets are ones that are scarce...
Bitcoin: Last but not least, Bitcoin has been a speculator inflation hedge, given its limited supply and growing demand as an alternative to the dollar. See this chart below. Bitcoin beat out all the other assets eight out of 11 years and has continued to outperform in 2024. ...
Bitcoin: Last but not least, Bitcoin has been a speculator inflation hedge, given its limited supply and growing demand as an alternative to the dollar. See this chart below. Bitcoin beat out all the other assets eight out of 11 years and has continued to outperform in 2024. ...
Meanwhile, Japan lost its status as the world's third-largest economy to Germany in dollar terms, as its nominal GDP for 2023, unadjusted for inflation, stood at 4.21 trillion U.S. dollars, less than the size of the German economy which totaled 4.46 trillion U.S. dollars. ...
The U.S. dollar has been under pressure for a while now. But, don't expect the decline to continue forever. TheStreet explains why.
is uncertain. It will likely continue to put downward pressures on the dollar temporarily, but the pressure for lower rates is bound to be smaller. The increase in supply and the continuation of the unwinding of risk aversion should be enough to get long-term yields rising again by the end...