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South Korea's central bank has halted its digital currency pilot project, telling participating banks it will temporarily suspend discussions on the initiative, according to businesstimes.com.sg.

The US currency has had its weakest first half of the year since 1973, as the US Dollar Index, a measure of the value of the US currency against a basket of six other currencies, fell more than 10%, according to the Financial Times.

The US currency has had its weakest first half of the year since 1973, as the US Dollar Index, a measure of the value of the US currency against a basket of six other currencies, fell more than 10%, according to the Financial Times.

Guvernul interimar din ultima lună de primăvară a continuat politica anterioară a Cabinetului Ciolacu, şi a recurs la majorarea cheltuielilor bugetare, prin alocarea către autorităţile locale, discreţionar, a unor sume importante din Fondul de...

The interim government of the last month of spring continued the previous policy of the Ciolacu Cabinet, and resorted to increasing budget spending, by allocating to local authorities, at their discretion, significant amounts from the Budgetary...

• May 2 

The end of the calendar spring, the month of May, represented a turning point both in the political evolution and in the shaping of Romania's economic and financial trajectory, marking major transitions, institutional volatility, but also...

Guvernele şi companiile se împrumută tot mai greu. Chiar dacă creditul bancar apare după o simplă apăsare de buton, instituţiile financiare au nevoie de capital pentru acoperirea pierderilor, iar perspectiva creşterii pierderilor este tot mai...

Central banks around the world expect the share of gold holdings in their reserves to increase over the next five years, while the share of the dollar in their reserves is expected to decrease, according to a study by the World Gold Council...

The Governor of the National Bank of Romania, Mugur Isărescu, issued a clear warning yesterday regarding the direction of economic reforms and the risks associated with current fiscal policies. In a message directly addressed to the government,...

Côte d'Ivoire officially launched the Agricultural Commodities Exchange (Bourse des Matières Premières Agricoles - BMPA) on May 28, the first of its kind in West Africa, allafrica.com reports.

• April 1 

The middle of the calendar spring, April, represented a fiery month for the Romanian economy, in light of the pressure put by the presidential elections scheduled for May 4 and 18, but also by the need to take legislative, fiscal and...

Global stock markets have seen mixed performance since the start of 2025, with US stocks seeing a major sell-off in April, while European markets have rallied on easing monetary policy from the European Central Bank (ECB) and a rebound in...

• Once upon a time, it was the "golden decade" 

The implementation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) could benefit from a significant extension, of up to 18 months, if the proposal included in the report on the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism (MRR), coordinated by the...

Globally, $24.7 trillion worth of goods were imported in 2024, with some countries relying more on foreign purchases than others, according to an analysis by visualcapitalist.com, which, using 2024 data from the World Trade Organization and the...

Having dominated the global financial system through massive money printing, the United States is now trying to extend that influence into the real economy through tariffs and strategic subsidies. But in a world over-indebted and increasingly...

The National Bank of Romania announced yesterday a rate of almost 5.04 lei, above the psychological threshold of 5 lei defended in recent years by the country's monetary institution, in a tense domestic economic and political context, marked...

• January 1 

Romania's entry with land borders into the Schengen area, one of the most important diplomatic achievements of the beginning of the year, was quickly overshadowed by a series of events that strained the country's political, social and...

US trade policy changes almost weekly, if not daily, according to an analysis by visualcapitalist.com, which notes that while Trump imposed heavy reciprocal tariffs on about 100 countries last week, on April 9 he announced a 90-day break for...

As the Trump 2.0 Administration continues to close international channels of collaboration, impose unilateral tariffs and withdraw the US from global agreements, a major question looms over the future of the American role in the world: is the US...

The price of gold could rise to $5,000-8,000 per ounce in the next few years, according to Juerg Kiener, managing director and investment officer at Swiss Asia Capital.

At a time when a new technological revolution is taking place at a global level, profoundly rewriting the rules of the economic game, and when supply chains are being reconfigured amid aggressive protectionist trade measures introduced by the US,...

A broad coalition of civil society is calling on governments around the world to take urgent action to protect forests as deforestation continues at an alarming rate. The initiative comes months before COP30, which will take place in Brazil in...

• February 1 

Ten years of presidency ended with a resignation, with Klaus Iohannis thus ending his two terms not in glory, but in disgrace. On February 10, the former president announced his resignation in order to avoid a political crisis generated by the...

Ursula von der Leyen took the first step on Wednesday towards mobilizing European citizens' savings from bank deposits to finance European industry and the defense industry. The 800 billion euros needed annually to implement Draghi's plan...

Investor enthusiasm for Donald Trump's return to the White House quickly faded after the US president began imposing automatic tariffs on major US trading partners such as Canada, Mexico and China, raising concerns that trade tensions will...

Reporter: We are going through a turbulent period in terms of geopolitics and macroeconomics globally. What impact could this situation have on the crypto space?

Preşedintele Rezervei Federale, Jerome Powell, a declarat vineri că banca centrală poate aştepta să vadă cum evoluează politicile agresive ale preşedintelui Donald Trump înainte de a lua noi măsuri asupra ratelor dobânzilor, potrivit news.ro....

Changing the country's name, flag and anthem, adopting a new constitution, these are some of the objectives of an organization that has come under the authorities' sights (Mateescu Ştefan, Şofran Radu Pompiliu, Dinu Adrian Robertin, Lupu...

The central bank of Turkey cut its key interest rate by 250 basis points yesterday, amid slowing inflation, hispanatolia.com reports. This was the third consecutive monthly cut in the key interest rate.

• January 1 

The disappearance of the Dacian treasure, following a burglary on the last day it was still on display at the Drents Museum in the Netherlands, represents the main event of the first month of 2025, despite the Government's attempts to keep...

Global initial public offering (IPO) markets remained relatively healthy in 2024 despite economic uncertainties and geopolitical challenges, according to a visualcapitalist.com analysis, which notes that overall positive investor sentiment was...

The National Bank of Romania revised the inflation forecast for the last quarter of the year to 3.8%, from 3.5% as previously estimated, but the general downward trend in inflation remains, with the Consumer Price Index set to reach 3.1% in the...

Since Republican Donald Trump was inaugurated as US President in January 2025, the US dollar has been very sensitive to the US administration's announcements regarding tariffs, given its role in global trade and confidence in the economy....

The strategy of political decision-makers in Brussels regarding the financing of the measures in the Draghi plan, although it also refers to public sources, is based exclusively on private sources, civil society representatives say according to...