Yuan surpasses yen in share of global currency payments - Swift data
The Chinese yuan overtook the yen as the currency with the fourth-largest share of international payments in November, for the first time since early 2022, according to transaction data compiled by global financial messaging service Swift.
The share of transactions involving the yuan among all currencies rose to 4.6% last month from 3.6% in October.
The figure was a record high for the yuan and surpassed the yen's 3.4%.
The last time the yuan ranked fourth was in January 2022.
The US dollar maintained its lead in November with 47%, followed by the euro and pound sterling with 23% and 7.15% respectively.
🛢📈 — Reuters reports that oil is approaching $100 per barrel following the latest exchange of attacks between Americans and Iranians on oil tankers.
▶️The price of Brent crude has risen to $97.07 per barrel, while American WTI crude has risen to $92.28. In the past week, Brent has risen by 7.8%, while WTI has risen by nearly 10%.
▶️On Saturday, U.S. forces attacked three Iranian oil tankers, one of which was stationed near the island of Kharg, a key center for Iranian oil exports. In response, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced attacks on three oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and three more U.S. ships.
▶️In this context, traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has sharply declined. Over the past 10 days, an average of only 10 cargo ships have transited the strait per day – the lowest level since May.
The WHO now states on its website:
Vaccination against COVID-19 can trigger multiple sclerosis through cross-reactive CD4+-T cells that recognize the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 and myelin peptides.
In other words: Your own immune system destroys the nerve pathways and then attacks your brain and spinal cord.