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For several asset classes, 2024 was a remarkable year: Bitcoin rose to historical highs, gold recorded its best performance in the last 14 years, and the US dollar rose due to the evolution of the US economy, according to an analysis by...

The dollar hit a two-year high against major currencies on foreign markets on Tuesday, with the pound the biggest loser, as solid US jobs data released late last week prompted traders to cut interest rates, the Financial Times (FT) reported.

Bitcoin saw strong growth last year, but other segments of the crypto market will perform in 2025, according to industry experts, writes Business Insider. In their opinion, the so-called "altcoins" or alternative currencies - that is,...

Gold has gained about 26% so far this year, on track for its best annual performance since 2010, largely driven by the U.S. central bank's interest rate cut and heightened geopolitical tensions that have driven investors to the traditional...

The best-performing cryptocurrency this year is Dogecoin, considered by many to be the original "meme coin." Meme coins ("meme coins") are cryptocurrencies dedicated to an interesting or funny idea captured in an image, video or...

European stock markets rose yesterday, mostly, in the conditions in which Republican Donald Trump will return to the White House, following his victory in the US presidential elections.

În perioada premergătoare alegerilor prezidenţiale din SUA, din 2024, preşedintele Joe Biden, vicepreşedintele Kamala Harris şi fostul preşedinte Donald Trump au strâns, până pe 29 octombrie, peste un miliard de dolari fiecare, de la mai multe...

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is considering the possibility of closing the mBridge pilot project, a cross-border payments platform that Russian President Vladimir Putin considers a solution to circumvent international sanctions...

Russia has proposed the establishment of a grain exchange between the member states of the BRICS group, which could later be expanded to trade other important raw materials, President Vladimir Putin said yesterday in the inaugural speech at the...

The BRICS member states must take several critical decisions at the Kazan summit in order to improve cooperation within the group, Russian leader Vladimir Putin said yesterday, on the first day of the BRICS summit he is hosting.

The strengthening of the dollar may threaten the growth of the American stock market, believes Mike Wilson, the chief strategist for shares listed in the United States of Morgan Stanley, writes Business Insider.

Moneda americană, dolarul, a scăzut faţă de majoritatea valutelor importante în 2024, în condiţiile în care pieţele anticipau prima reducere de după pandemie a ratei dobânzii Rezervei Federale (Fed - banca centrală a SUA).

The US dollar fell against most major currencies in 2024 as markets anticipated the first post-pandemic interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve.

The impact of the Federal Reserve's long-awaited interest rate cut, which will be the first cut in four years, will be felt well outside the United States, according to a Reuters article reviewing the possible influence of the central...

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Meme coins are cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin or Ethereum, dedicated to an interesting or funny idea captured in an image, video or other form of media (meme). Like the memes they're based on, they're designed to go viral and be shared...

Central banks play a crucial role in maintaining stability and economic growth by implementing stable monetary policies and ensuring financial stability, according to an analysis by indianexpress.com, which presents Top 10 richest global central...

• The authorities in Moscow aim to launch the digital ruble in July next year 

• The US currency is up 40% from its 2011 lows, while currencies such as the yuan have depreciated against the dollar over the past decade, according to Business Insider 

Monetary policy, geopolitical events and economic conditions - among other factors - significantly influence developments in the foreign exchange market, and the US dollar (USD) was the best-performing currency in the last decade (2014-2023),...

Currency transactions in Russia have come to be done almost entirely in yuan, after sanctions imposed by the United States forced the country's main stock exchange to cut ties with the dollar and the euro, Business Insider writes, citing a...

Against the backdrop of agreements with OPEC+ participants, Russia adjusted its forecast for oil production in 2024 to 505-515 million tons - 3-5% less than the previous year, with the new estimated production being at the level of 2020, the...

Since 2010, most cross-border payments of China, as well as many other countries, have been settled in US dollars. From the first quarter of 2023, however, the situation has changed.

The Russian subsidiary of the Austrian banking group Raiffeisen Bank International announced on Wednesday that payments initiated in dollars will no longer be available starting from June 10, the reason being the change in the requirements of...

The U.S. trade deficit with China narrowed last year to its lowest level since 2010, as imports from the Asian country fell by more than $100 billion compared to the previous year, according to Statista.

Iran's currency, the rial, is volatile as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East were fueled by Tehran's attack on Israel late Saturday in response to an alleged Israeli attack earlier this month.

Gold is trading at all-time highs, but economist David Rosenberg, president of Rosenberg Research, believes that the price of the yellow metal can rise another nearly 30% to $3,000 an ounce before the next turn in the economic cycle, writes...

Salt Bank, the first 100% digital Romanian bank that was officially launched yesterday, set out to reach one million customers in three years of operation, Gabriela Nistor, the CEO of the institution belonging to Banca Transilvania, said...

China's currency, the yuan, fell to its lowest level in four and a half months yesterday, as the strong dollar offset sales of "greenbacks" by state-owned banks, Reuters reports.

The major index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Nikkei 225, rose on Friday, the last day of the fiscal year 2023, reaching 40,369.44 points, a level higher by 44% compared to the previous year, on the background of increased foreign purchases and...

The stability shown by the leu in relation to the euro starting from the second part of 2023 will very likely continue this year as well, given that the foreign exchange reserves of the National Bank of Romania (BNR) are at historical highs, we...

Financial data company S&P Global is acquiring financial technology provider Visible Alpha, Reuters reports, noting that the parties did not disclose the value of the transaction. S&P Global announced this strategic move as part of its...

Some commercial banks still lack a strong appetite for negotiating credit contracts, said Alexandru Păunescu, the representative of the National Bank of Romania in the Steering Committee of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Center in the Banking...

The US dollar dominates global finance, especially in commodity markets, but China sees the transition to renewable energy as a way to increase the importance of the yuan, writes Business Insider.

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are so volatile and difficult to value that buying them is closer to gambling than investing, according to the famous economist David Rosenberg, according to Business Insider.

The US dollar will depreciate this year as the Federal Reserve begins to cut interest rates, the performance gap between the US economy and other world economies will narrow, and a possible US recession would have an impact negative on the US...

Conclusion

Global debt rose in Q3 2023, after a slight decline in the previous quarter, as funding costs continued to rise, to $307.4 trillion, according to the latest Global Debt Monitor (GDM) report from the Institute of International Finance (IIF).

A month after the October 7 attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Israel, which turned into a war, investors are gradually returning to the country's financial markets.

After the decline started in the second part of last year, which took the dollar to a low not seen since the spring of 2022, the attractiveness of the United States currency has started to increase again. The US Dollar Index (DXY) rose yesterday...