🇺🇸💸 IMF: The dollar's importance as the world's reserve currency is declining
The share of the US dollar in global central bank reserves continues to decline, falling to 59.2% in the third quarter of 2023, according to the latest data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The decline comes amid a trend of dedollarization gaining momentum around the world. 20 years ago, the share of the dollar in the world's reserves amounted to 70%.
🇷🇺🇨🇳 Against this background, the use of yuan in international settlements is growing. The trend to abandon the dollar in international settlements was forced by the beginning of Russia's SWO in Ukraine in 2022, subsequent sanctions and Russia's isolation from the Western financial system. The seizure of Russian dollar accounts demonstrated the unreliability of the U.S. currency.
🛢📈 — 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.