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China Pushes Yuan as BRICS Reserve Currency, Faces Resistance

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China is pushing the Chinese yuan to become a BRICS reserve currency, challenging the US dollar in global trade. While Russia and Brazil heavily use the yuan for oil and commodity payments, India and South Africa remain cautious. They prefer a multicurrency system instead of using only the Chinese yuan. The internal divide among member nations is not letting the alliance grow to its full potential. While China has not officially urged BRICS members to make the yuan the reserve currency, the steps the Communist country has taken to embolden the currency raise serious doubts about its agenda. However, during the 2023 and 2024 summits, the Xi Jinping administration suggested using the yuan in trade, cross-border payments, and central bank reserves. Also Read: Minister Drops Major New Hint on BRICS Currency China advocated that member nations reduce reliance on the US dollar and begin trading in local currencies, especially the yuan. It made BRICS members, Russia, Brazil, and other countri...

BRICS: Purchasing Power of the US Dollar Could Fall From 3% to Zero

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The purchasing power of the US dollar is declining every year leading to inflation in the homeland. The CEO of Zang Enterprises, Lynette Zang emphasized that the purchasing power of the US dollar is eroding at an advanced speed. This comes when the BRICS alliance is looking to pin the US dollar down as the world’s reserve currency. Also Read: BRICS Currency: 40% Could Be Tied to Gold, 60% in Local Currencies Only 3% of the US dollar’s original purchasing power remains in 2024, as documented by the Federal Reserve this year. “This is what the official government data will tell us,” said Zang. This gives BRICS more mileage to take on the US dollar as its purchasing power is dwindling. BRICS: US Dollar Purchasing Power Might Fall to Zero, From the Current 3% Source: beincrypto.com Zang explained that the US dollar’s purchasing power could collapse to zero from the current 3% that it enjoys. She predicted that it could fall to zero next year in 2025. BRICS could exploit th...