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Latam stocks, FX up for fifth day on commodities boost
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The country's central bank considered a lower rate hike of at least 75 basis points this month, but decided a 100-basis-point increase would be "timelier" given inflationary p...
By Rachel Ziemba
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White House believes Russia is seeing a big drop in oil sales, imperiling key source of funding
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“Ultimately there is enough demand for oil — enough folks who need and want oil around the world, including countries outside the sanctions coalition — that eventually that oi...
By Edward Fishman
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China’s Financial Foil
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Chinaʼs desire to escape the shadow of the U.S. dollar and build an alternative infrastructure for global finance is being stymied by one major factor: Its reluctance to loose...
By Emily Jin
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China’s Financial Foil
China’s desire to escape the shadow of the U.S. dollar and build an alternative infrastructure for global finance is being stymied by one major factor: Its reluctance to loose...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Is seizing the yachts & mansions of Russian oligarchs enough? No.
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Rachel Ziemba who assesses country risk at the Center for a New American Security also notes that there have been interesting moves into US-linked cryptocurrency and other liq...
By Rachel Ziemba
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War in Ukraine, Fed Rate Hikes & Inflation: How Will These Events Affect Bitcoin?
Alex Zerden — founder of Capitol Peak Strategies, adjunct senior fellow at Center for a New American Security (CNAS) and a former Treasury Department official — told GOBanking...
By Alex Zerden
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U.S. Casts a Global Net to Stop Shipments to Russia
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Emily Kilcrease, director of the Energy, Economics and Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, said that the level of allied cooperation in forging the exp...
By Emily Kilcrease
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CEOs seek their own State Departments
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The current secretary of State, Antony Blinken, co-founded WestExec Advisors, where the current director of national intelligence, Avril Haines, and current White House press ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Russia is testing the West's favorite weapon
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The unprecedented sanctions the West imposed on Russia have hobbled its economy and are hurting the global system, too. But their primary purpose, arguably, is to stop the fig...
By Edward Fishman
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Biden administration tries to cut off Chinese lifeline to Russia
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The official declined to comment on the type of military assistance Russia has requested but said the United States held “deep concerns about China’s alignment with Russia” am...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Experts fear political use of digital yuan
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Beijing might have another motive in mind for its digital yuan: gathering transaction data. The e-CNY is a “data issue,” said Yaya Fanusie, Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Brazilian real leads declines in Latam with eyes on rate move
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A Reuters poll sees the central bank raising its key rate by 100 basis points on Thursday and evaluate an escalation of its already aggressive policy tightening as red-hot glo...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Russia's efforts to salvage economy could have devastating impacts
Russia's ties to the global economy are rapidly unwinding as crushing sanctions and the Kremlin's response upend decades of post-Soviet reforms. The Kremlin announced strict ...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Bitcoin's 'tug-of-war' during Russia-Ukraine crisis stirs debate about the future
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Reuters recently reported that Russian crypto owners were trying to liquidate billions in in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which has not levied sanctions against Russia. Yet...
By Jason Bartlett
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The West’s Economic War Plan Against Russia
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Just as Vladimir Putin blindsided the West with the fact and ferocity of his invasion of Ukraine, the West blindsided Mr. Putin with the speed and aggressiveness of its retali...
By Edward Fishman
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Ukraine’s Conflict Has Rippled All the Way to the Arctic Circle
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The effects of the conflict in Ukraine have rippled across the globe, sending more than two million refugees fleeing, and driving up gasoline prices in the U.S., heating bills...
By Daniel Silverberg
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Crypto’s War Test Leaves Future of Money Debate Wide Open
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Crypto had already been seeping into every corner of culture and conversation. Then came Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and crypto went to war, too. The sector’s involvement in...
By Alex Zerden
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Why record-high gas prices won't be solved by drilling more oil in the US
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There are many reasons for this, but the biggest one is that oil is truly a global commodity, experts told CNN. The global price of oil determines gas prices in the US, and it...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Ukraine crisis: What sanctions could West still impose on Russia?
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In response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the US, UK, EU and more than two dozen other nations retaliated with economic measures that have sent the Russian rouble tumbling,...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Battered Mexican peso leads Latam FX higher, rouble hits record low
The peso was on track to recover a chunk of its 3.5% loss made over the last four sessions. Data showed annual inflation in Mexico accelerated faster than expected in February...
By Rachel Ziemba
