Showing posts with label currencies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label currencies. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Euro Nears Parity with Dollar as Pound Hits Two-year Low

THE GUARDIAN: Europe’s single currency battered by fears over gas supply from Russia and US interest rate rises

One euro coin placed on top of one dollar bills Photograph: Gerard Bottino/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock

The euro is on the brink of parity with the dollar as investors fear that an energy crisis will plunge the region’s economy into recession.

The single currency fell to just $1.0003 on Tuesday morning, pushed lower by worries that the scheduled shutdown of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline – which transports natural gas from Russia to Europe – for maintenance could be made permanent.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February has triggered fears over Europe’s energy supply and hurt the region’s economies, pushing the euro 12% lower against the US dollar so far this year.

The euro is also being hit by expectations of further aggressive interest rate rises by the US Federal Reserve, which are driving the dollar higher. » | Julia Kollewe and Graeme Wearden | Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Business Live: Euro falls to brink of parity with dollar over fears Russia will cut off gas supplies »

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Angriff auf Dollar: China verlangt neue Weltwährung

DIE PRESSE: Die Forderung des chinesischen Zentralbank-Chefs nach einer weltweiten Leitwährung beflügelt ökonomische Theorien des "Weltgeldes". Aber auch die Verschwörungstheorien rund um die Weltwährungen Amero und Globo.

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China hat eine neue globale Leitwährung unter Aufsicht des Internationalen Währungsfonds (IWF) gefordert. Der Chef der chinesischen Zentralbank, Zhou Xiaochuan, schrieb in einem Aufsatz, dass die gegenwärtige Krise erneut nach einer kreativen Reform des internationalen Währungssystems hin zu einer internationalen Leitwährung rufe.

Dollar zu unverlässlich

Zhou erwähnte den Dollar zwar nicht direkt, schrieb allerdings, die Krise habe gezeigt, wie gefährlich es sei, sich bei internationalen Finanzgeschäften auf die Währung eines einzigen Landes zu verlassen. "Eine überhoheitliche Leitwährung, die von einer globalen Institution gemanagt wird, könnte sowohl dazu genutzt werden, die globale Geldflüsse zu schaffen, wie auch sie zu kontrollieren", schrieb Zhou. Dies würde die Gefahr künftiger Krisen reduzieren und zugleich die Möglichkeiten zum Krisenmanagement erweitern. >>> ebl/ag | Dienstag, 24. März 2009

Friday, April 13, 2007

The Bush Legacy: Loss of Confidence in the Dollar

THE TELEGRAPH/Money: The euro has reached an all-time high against the yen and surged to $1.35 against the dollar, setting the stage for a battle between French politicians and the European Central Bank for control of the currency.

Jean-Claude Trichet, the ECB's president, gave a virtual guarantee that interest rates would be raised again to 4pc in June, narrowing the yield gap with the US. "I would not say today anything aimed at changing expectations for the month of June," he said.

Global currencies are going through a major realignment as Europe takes over as the engine of world growth and the US starts to trip, setting off an exodus from dollar assets. Super-euro may spark a currency war while French battle the ECB by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Mark Alexander