United States and China are seeking debt relief measures

Gesara.news » News » United States and China are seeking debt relief measures

Share via:

News Date: February 23, 2024

The United States and China are in frequent discussions to prevent emerging market sovereign defaults.
Talks include preemptive measures such as extending loan periods to ease the annual debt service burden of over US$400 billion for poor countries.
Ideas also involve increased financing from the World Bank and others to address high borrowing rates.
The aim is to implement these measures before countries default and enter formal restructuring talks with creditors.
The Treasury Department: "we talk frequently with China about sovereign debt concerns.
And we talk to many countries about how to make sure the international financial architecture is meeting low-income country financing needs".

Russia to test payments in digital currencies

Russia is ready to start testing payments in digital currencies with China or countries of the Eurasian Economic Union and will promote the idea with its partners,
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told state media in remarks published on Monday.
Siluanov: "We discussed this topic at the end of last year at the inter-ministerial dialogue."
He restated that any foreign acts involving Russian assets would be met with an equal response from Moscow.

Judy Shelton Restoring Order to the Global Currency System

President Donald J. Trump Announced Intent to Nominate Individuals to Key Administration Posts,
Judy Shelton of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the remainder of a 14-year term expiring January 31, 2024.
She is author of:
The Coming Soviet Crash: Gorbachev's Desperate Pursuit of Credit in Western Financial Markets.
Money Meltdown: Restoring Order to the Global Currency System.
Source:www.whitehouse.gov
Judy Shelton interview on gold standard:
"I like the idea of a gold backed currency, it could even be done in a Cryptocurrency sort of way.
A unified money system, so when you talk about the international marketplace, everyone is playing on a level monetary playing field.
I don't see it so much as returning [to the gold standard], more like 'back to the future.' I think that what a gold standard stands for is monetary discipline for its own sake. Money is supposed to be a unit of account, a reliable measure and a dependable store of value. It really shouldn't be subject to who's the chairman of the Federal Reserve.
How can a dozen [...] people meeting eight times a year, decide what the cost of capital should be versus some kind of organically, market supply determined rate? The Fed is not omniscient. They don't know what the right rate should be. How could anyone? [...] If the success of capitalism depends on someone being smart enough to know what the rate should be on everything we're doomed. We might as well resurrect Gosplan.
A linked system could allow currency convertibility by individuals (as under a gold standard) or foreign central banks (as under Bretton Woods). Either way, it could redress inflationary pressures.
Source:twitter.com

Trump vows tax cuts and debt relief

President Trump made a campaign stop in Durham, N.H., on Saturday.
Donald Trump: "Here is my pledge to every New Hampshire family: I will never let the Trump tax cuts and they are the biggest tax cuts in the history of our country. I will never let them be taken away from you and with your vote in this election we will cut your taxes even further."
He also promised to take economic measures to get rid of the massive national debt.

A comprehensive guide to Precious Metals

A comprehensive guide to Precious Metals. It is easy to understand. Even beginners can use it to learn about mining, what factors move prices, and how trading works.
The guide includes:
> Why Are Metals Important?
> What Are the Different Types of Metals?
> Main Uses of Metals?
> What are the Main Global Metals Trends?
> Top Metals Producing Countries?
> Top Precious Metal Indices?
> What Are The Top Metals Investment Resources?
> Where to Trade Metals?
You can learn more here: commodity.com

An Asian Bretton Woods is suggested

An Asian Bretton Woods may be on the way.
Sergei Glazyev, a senior Russian economist and Minister in charge of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EAEU), was leading a committee planning a new trade currency for the Eurasian Economic Union.
At the same time, the new trade settlement currency was to be available to any other nation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the expanding BRICS membership.
Logic suggests that a gold-backed currency will be the outcome of Glazyev's EAEU committee's trade currency deliberations after all, because of a subsequent announcement from Moscow concerning a new Russian bullion market.
Source: goldmoney.com