Status of US Dollar as Global Reserve Currency v. Euro, Yen, Chinese Renminbi, & Others by Wolf Richter • Jan 2, 2020 • 111 Comments Latest data is out. Folks who hoped the Renminbi would break the dollar hegemony have to be very patient.
US Dollar Status as Global Reserve Currency Slides by Wolf Richter • Sep 30, 2019 • 99 Comments If the US dollar loses its hegemony as a global reserve currency, it would be a sea change globally, and specifically for the US economy. Today, we got the next installment in that saga.
Fed’s Powell: No Negative Interest Rates at Next Crisis by Wolf Richter • Sep 18, 2019 • 117 Comments The Fed has different priorities than the ECB, the Bank of Japan, the Swiss National Bank, et al.
Foreign Exchange Trading Soars to $6.6 Trillion a Day, US Dollar is Total King by Wolf Richter • Sep 18, 2019 • 68 Comments Ginormous numbers, FX swaps and spot trades, USD, EUR, JPY, GBP, Australian & Canadian dollars… but where the heck is China’s CNY?
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: Snapback Bloodletting in the Overripe Bond Market by Wolf Richter • Sep 15, 2019 • 65 Comments The 10-year Treasury yield rips. Unstoppable negative yields become stoppable.
Palace Revolt at the ECB, Legitimacy of Policy out the Window by Wolf Richter • Sep 12, 2019 • 157 Comments Draghi’s desperate shenanigans thicken.
Financial World Gone Nuts: $15 Trillion Negative Yielding Debt by Wolf Richter • Aug 6, 2019 • 170 Comments 12 countries with negative 10-year yields. A race to hell.
Negative-Yielding Junk Bonds Have Arrived in Europe by Wolf Richter • Jul 9, 2019 • 91 Comments NIRP is systematically rotting out basic brain functionality.
And the US Dollar’s Status as Global Reserve Currency? by Wolf Richter • Jul 1, 2019 • 72 Comments Apocalypse not now.
No, Rate Cuts Were Not Discussed: ECB Insiders Out Draghi as Fabricator & Schemer, and Talk to Reuters by Wolf Richter • Jun 18, 2019 • 58 Comments Draghi’s shenanigans get hilarious, just months before his term ends.
