Saudi Arabia Open to Talks on Trade in Currencies Besides Dollar

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News Date: January 17, 2023

Saudi Arabia, the world's largest crude oil exporter, is open to discussing oil trade settlements in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, Saudi Minister of Finance, Mohammed Al-Jadaan, told Bloomberg TV in an interview in Davos on Tuesday.
Source: bloomberg

Atomic race joint statement

5 nuclear-weapon states vow no arms race in a joint statement.
China, Russia, Britain, The United States, and France have agreed that a further spread of nuclear arms and nuclear war should be avoided.
They have released a joint statement affirming their opposition to using their nuclear arsenals for offensive purposes.
They also promised to work together on nuclear disarmament.
Source: reuters.com

CEOs resigning conspiracy theory

Over 24 hours the CEOs of Disney, MasterCard & Salesforce Resigned.
Over Past Month, CEOs of Hulu, LinkedIn, Uber Eats, MGM, IBM, etc. resigned.
Over the past year, 1300+ Global CEOs resigned.
Market Crash? Child Rink bust? Rapture?
Source:reuters.com

Trump Vows to make America richer and stronger

Donald Trump delivered a major economic speech in New York City, outlining plans to reduce the corporate tax rate to 15% and establish a "government efficiency commission" headed by Elon Musk.
He vowed to "make America richer and stronger" if elected in November.
The announcement was made during an address to The Economic Club of New York.
"I am promising low taxes, low regulations, low energy costs, low interest rates, secure borders, low low, low crime and surging incomes for citizens of every race, religion, color and creed, My plan will rapidly defeat inflation, quickly bring down prices and reignite explosive economic growth," Trump said.

ZiG Enters Circulation

Zimbabwe introduced its new gold-backed currency, the ZiG, into general circulation on April 30th.
This move has been met with joy by Zimbabweans who have expressed relief at being able to withdraw ZiG notes and coins from banks for the first time.
While the currency was initially introduced electronically in early April, the availability of physical banknotes and coins marks a significant step forward for the transacting public.
Zimbabwe launched the gold-backed currency

Russia Proposes New Standard for precious metals market

Russia Proposes New Standard To break the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) monopoly on gold.
It is proposed to 'place a specialized international precious metals exchange headquartered in Moscow' using the 'new international standard MWS' as the 'basis of the structure.'
It is also proposed to establish a Price Fixing Committee.
Subject to the application of the MWS standard, it will include the central banks and the largest banks of the Eurasian Economic Union countries represented in the precious metals market.
According to the Russian department, it is necessary to 'bet on fixing prices in the national currencies of the key member countries, or on new units of international settlements, such as the new unit of settlements proposed by the president of Russia within the member countries of the BRICS organization.'
Sources: gata.org