currency manipulation Archives - Rethinking the Dollar

The Great Gold Shift: India’s Move Against Western Banks

Jun 1, 2024 | Gold

India’s repatriation of 100 metric tons of gold from the Bank of England signals a significant shift in global financial power and challenges Western gold leasing practices. In a world where economic instability seems to be the new norm, the phrase...

Trump Boasts On Stock Market Gains As He Announces Re-Start Of Tariffs On China

Dec 2, 2019 | News

Oh yeah, and the greatest economy in American history now has “Holiday Shopping Records” under President Trump… President Trump took to Twitter on Monday to set some things straight. A lot of things. First, let’s start off with what should be common knowledge by now:...

China Threatens US Currency Intervention Would Lead To “Market Turmoil” And “Unprecedented Political Fallout”

Aug 22, 2019 | News

When, for the first time in 11 years, Jerome Powell cut the Fed Funds rate by 25bps on July 31, something unexpected happened: the dollar spiked (in fact, the trade weighted dollar soared to a record high). And not only did the dollar spike as a result of a...

Why the Dollar Rules the World — And Why Its Reign Could End

Aug 13, 2019 | News

President Donald Trump wants a lower US dollar. He complains about the over-valuation of the American currency. Yet, is he right to accuse other countries of a “currency manipulation”? Is the position of the US dollar in the international monetary arena not a...