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Can a BRICS currency really compete with the US dollar?

There are still some serious questions, challenges, and obstacles that stand in the way of BRICS achieving total independence from the dollar with its proposed rival currency.

Toufic Chanbour 22, Aug 2023

U.S. Dollar and Euro banknotes are seen in this illustration taken July 17, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Euro, Stocks and Pound Fight Back After Latest Energy Shock

European stock markets, the euro, and the pound all clawed higher on Tuesday as previously surging gas prices slipped back 10%, although government bond market costs continued to rise and Japan's yen…

06, Sep 2022

A man walks under an electronic screen showing Japan's Nikkei share price index inside a conference hall in Tokyo, Japan June 14, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato

European Stocks Fall After Gas Pipeline Shutdown

European stock indexes fell on Monday, the euro dropped below 99 cents for the first time in twenty years and European gas prices surged after Russia said its main gas supply pipeline to Europe would…

05, Sep 2022

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