De-Dollarization: Even Businesses in China Are Hanging Onto Their USD
Despite discussions about de-dollarization, the US dollar still dominates global foreign reserves, according to IMF data.
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Despite discussions about de-dollarization, the US dollar still dominates global foreign reserves, according to IMF data.
Dollar holdings actually gained last year among global reserves, casting a shadow over last year's de-dollarization narrative, ING said.
The American dollar's dominance in global trade looks to be challenged by the expansion of an economic bloc involving China, according to research by ING that comes as talk of a currency union has turned heads in the lead-up to next week's BRICS summit.
Moscow's anti-crisis measures — such hiking interest rates to 20% — may have actually squeezed Russia's currency too high, analysts told Insider.
The Russian ruble has turned into the top-performing currency in global financial markets.