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The Tariff Earthquake: How Trump Is Reshaping the Global Economy

Thomas Kolbe April 8, 2025

The U.S. president is tackling an issue the nation has been kicking down the road since the end of the gold standard in 1971: the gaping chasm of fiscal disaster and trade deficits.

Investors Ride the Trump Wave From the EU to the U.S.

Sven R. Larson November 16, 2024

We may be witnessing the first signs of a major America-bound exodus of investment capital from Europe.

Euros & Dollars: BRICS and the Future of the Dollar

Sven R. Larson May 21, 2024

After a record sale of U.S. debt, some analysts are suggesting that China and BRICS are waging a form of economic warfare on America. Is there any truth to this suggestion?

Euros & Dollars: Trump, NATO, and Budget Deficits

Sven R. Larson February 15, 2024

Anyone proposing more U.S. defense spending with borrowed money should consider what happens when increasingly uneasy investors have had enough of U.S. debt.

Saudi Crown Prince No Longer Interested in “Pleasing” the U.S.

Robert Semonsen April 10, 2023

The apparent deterioration in US-Saudi relations comes amid a recent worldwide trend toward de-dollarization with key, ascendent geopolitical actors, including but not limited to China, Russia, India, and Brazil all taking steps to reduce their use of the U.S. dollar.

De-Dollarization: Brazil, India, China Move Away From Currency

Robert Semonsen April 3, 2023

Despite the de-dollarization trend, approximately 60% of the world’s foreign exchange reserves remain in U.S. dollars.

Pound Plunge: Don’t Blame Kwasi

Sven R. Larson October 2, 2022

There was no ‘crash’ of the pound. The big rate increase by the Federal Reserve simply created an irresistible opportunity for investors to make some good money, and do it safely.

ECB Raises Interest Rates

Sven R. Larson July 22, 2022

When the ECB raises interest rates, all other things equal it increases demand for euros on the global foreign-exchange market.

First Step: China Starts Dollar Takedown

Sven R. Larson July 2, 2022

Introducing the Renminbi Liquidity Arrangement (RLA), which is aimed squarely at supplanting the dollar.

Russia Trade Deal with India Dumps U.S. Dollar

Sven R. Larson April 1, 2022

Asian countries have long had a back-up system in place, independent of the dollar, for funding foreign trade. However, to date it has not been used for the financing of regular trade transactions.

Tag: U.S. dollar

The Tariff Earthquake: How Trump Is Reshaping the Global Economy

Investors Ride the Trump Wave From the EU to the U.S.

Euros & Dollars: BRICS and the Future of the Dollar

Euros & Dollars: Trump, NATO, and Budget Deficits

Saudi Crown Prince No Longer Interested in “Pleasing” the U.S.

De-Dollarization: Brazil, India, China Move Away From Currency

Pound Plunge: Don’t Blame Kwasi

ECB Raises Interest Rates

First Step: China Starts Dollar Takedown

Russia Trade Deal with India Dumps U.S. Dollar

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