What is the Gold Standard

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News Date: July 7, 2020

Gold standard, monetary system in which the standard unit of currency is a fixed quantity of gold or is kept at the value of a fixed quantity of gold. The currency is freely convertible at home or abroad into a fixed amount of gold per unit of currency.
In an international gold-standard system, gold or a currency that is convertible into gold at a fixed price is used as a medium of international payments. Under such a system, exchange rates between countries are fixed; if exchange rates rise above or fall below the fixed mint rate by more than the cost of shipping gold from one country to another, large gold inflows or outflows occur until the rates return to the official level.
President Franklin Roosevelt suspended the gold standard in 1933, a move which is widely credited with helping the country climb out of the Depression.
Sources: youtube.com, www.cbsnews.com

Discussions on Turkey's entry into BRICS

Kremlin allowed Putin and Erdogan to discuss Turkey's entry into BRICS.
Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov admitted that today in Sochi, during a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Recep Taypiy Erdogan, the topic of Turkey's entry into the BRICS may be raised.
'As for the BRICS, it cannot be ruled out,' Peskov said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with his Turkish counterpart expressed the hope that it would be possible to sign a memorandum on the development of trade and economic ties.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Putin that they have to open a new page in matters of cooperation.
Putin and Erdogan discussed gas supplies to Turkey, and agreed on partial payment for gas in rubles
Sources: www.mk.ru

Trump is meeting with an ex-bank CEO

Donald Trump is meeting with an ex-bank CEO who wants to abolish the Federal Reserve and return to the gold standard. Trump met with John Allison, the former CEO of the bank BB&T and of the libertarian think tank the Cato Institute.
Source:Businessinsider.com

G-24 calls for debt relief for developing countries

The G-24, a group of 28 member countries including China, is strongly advocating for sustainable debt relief measures for low-income nations due to their concerns over escalating, unsustainable public debt burdens.
They conveyed this message during the 2023 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund on October 10.
The G-24's core mission is to coordinate and amplify the voices of developing countries on monetary and development issues, underscoring their commitment to global economic stability and the well-being of vulnerable nations.

Economic security is national security

President Donald Trump: We Cannot Have National Security Without Economic Security.
A Nation that does not protect prosperity at home cannot protect its interests abroad.
Under the banner of "economic security is national security," the Trump administration's corporate tax cuts now spur investment and catalyze innovation.
Sources: youtube.com, whitehouse.gov

What is Sound Money? Monetary reset

A somewhat polemical term for a currency backed by a tangible commodity such as gold, silver or platinum. Sound money has an intrinsic value, but is more susceptible to deflation than fiat money. Many countries used sound money throughout most of their histories; however, most countries today use fiat money and have since the United States left the Bretton Woods System in the 1970s. The term "sound money" is often used by those who favor its reintroduction. The more common term is hard money.
Given the current fiat money system is on a path towards its own destruction it is not surprising that there has been increasing talk of a monetary reset.
Sources:www.goldmoney.com, thefreedictionary.com