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  3. Tuesday Early Morning Opinions @ 8:44 AM MDT - 4/16/2024

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    3 hours ago, NMP2017 said:

    nope not yet...unfortunately the CBI won't let/help them go forward and open for depositors/clients either...CBI and Government are failing Warka's depositors by keeping the bank in limbo...

    I didn't say they were open for the general public to come & go and conduct their daily business.

    With the CBI as the care taker they have still maintained and recorded records for all those holding funds/stocks thru Warka.

    CL.

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  4. Tuesday Early Morning Opinions @ 8:44 AM MDT - 4/16/2024

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    8 hours ago, NMP2017 said:

    Does this da (dumb a**) not know that Warka Bank is not open for business yet? While it would be INCREDIBLE if true I can't see the CBI giving this to Warka Bank when they haven't even done what the Supreme High Court of Iraq ruled they do over 10 years ago...unless this is part of the "rehabilitation and compensation" they were told to give Warka?

     

    If true everyone can say they have now honestly seen a miracle!

     

    Warka has had on office open in Baghdad....they are not totally dead yet?   CL

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  5. A POTENTIAL & DANGEROUS ELECTION SCENARIO - Jim Rickards

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    1 hour ago, marilyn rose said:

    the law is simply the law. 

     

    Well put...but...

     

    The bogus Hush money trial is being tried as a Federal Felony by the State. That is not the law....the state has no jurisdiction here and the State case was already tried some time ago and is over.

     

    The fraud case.....a $460 million fine....had no victim, or plaintiff....the banks/loaners testified in favor of Trump. A loop hole from the 1800's was what allowed this NY State case to go forward, along with a corrupt AG, and Court System. This will be over turned by the higher courts because the "law is the law".

     

    $83 million defamation case....same thing...

     

    Fanni in Georgia will go to prison just like Michael Cohen did.....all because as you stated....."the law is the law" 

    Just my thoughts....CL 

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  7. Re denominate???

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    1 hour ago, JonnyV said:

     

    No.  It will look like that but it is in the best interest of the U.S.    That’s why there will be NO lop.  

    I would have been in agreement with you in the past....BRICS is now a viable option....and perhaps even a more attractive one. Play the two against one another might be Iraq's best move...

    CL

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  8. A POTENTIAL & DANGEROUS ELECTION SCENARIO - Jim Rickards

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    In a straight up, fair election, Trump easily beats Newsome.

     

    Both have a record to run on. Newsome has destroyed California...Trump had success in his 4 years despite swimming up stream against the establishment.....comprised of the left and right.

     

    I don't believe there has been any real movement to clean up the voting process in these past 3 years....a major reason Ronna Romney McDaniels was removed.

     

    There is a God factor....if his choice is Trump....Trump wins. As America increasingly is turning away from God,  perhaps it is time for America to diminish in his eyes....

     

    Interesting times...   CL

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  12. Sunday Early Morning Opinions @ 8:55 AM MDT - 4/14/2024

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    30 minutes ago, Luigi1 said:

     

    Make no mistake about it...Iran runs Iraq.

     

    Then Iran should have changed the value a long time ago if they are in control....all that cash!

     

    And you know OBiden and crew have sent pallets of unaccounted cash to the Iranians as well as dropping sanctions funneling $billions back into Iran...

    Not buying the control aspect....influence yes...control ..  no...

    Just my thoughts....   CL 

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  14. EID Holiday Extended By Another Three Months?

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    6 hours ago, BETTYBOOP said:

    The mind truly boggles!! NDA'S!!!!! Seriously??? Why the hell would anybody need or believe in an NDA simply because you changed some currency? Regardless of the rate or how much you exchange. Stupid,  stupid people

    Perhaps all who benefit should sign their own NDA...with themselves...best not to broadcast any new found wealth...    CL 

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  15. US Joins CHIPS & BRICS.

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    March 2024....just weeks ago there were changes to the "REPO" process that the SEC/Treasury uses to balance the books...

    This isn't like a car repossession and if you're not familiar this article covers some of the basics and recent changes....

    @pokerplayer...   another long one with many links....

    Just a part of how everything is connected....

    CL 

     

     

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    How the SEC’s US Treasury Clearing Mandate for Cash and Repo Transactions Impacts Market Participants

     

    The following is a guest blog post by Ernst & Young LLP on the recently finalized rules from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regarding its Standards for Covered Clearing Agencies for U.S. Treasury Securities and Application of the Broker-Dealer Customer Protection Rule with Respect to U.S. Treasury Securities. The U.S. Treasury market is a bedrock of the global financial system. SIFMA supports broad policy objectives to enhance its resiliency and capacity through carefully calibrated reforms, including through increasing central clearing. Learn more here.

    What are the key requirements of the SEC’s U.S. Treasury (UST) central clearing final rule?

    The final UST clearing rule was approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on December 13, 2023, and mandates that secondary trading of in-scope transactions be cleared via a covered clearing agency (CCA). Currently, the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC), a subsidiary of the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation, is the only UST CCA.

    In-scope transactions that must be cleared by CCAs and compliance dates are as follows:

    1. UST cash purchases and sales have a compliance date of December 31, 2025, for transactions:
      • Entered by direct participants that are interdealer brokers
      • Between clearing members and certain other firm types (e.g., registered broker-dealers, government securities broker-dealers)
    2. UST repo and reverse repo transactions have a compliance date of June 30, 2026, for the direct participants of a UST securities CCA with the requirement to clear eligible secondary market transactions (e.g., repo or reverse repo agreements collateralized by UST securities)

    CCAs in the UST market must adopt policies and procedures designed to require their members to submit the transactions listed above for clearing and take steps to facilitate access to clearing for additional market participants (e.g., pension funds, asset managers). CCAs will also be required to collect margin separately for house and customer transactions. Lastly, the rule impacts 15c3-3 reserve calculations and permits margin required and deposited with a clearing agency to be included as a debit in reserve formula calculations, subject to certain conditions.

    Key CCA implementation dates are as follows:

    1. CCA rulebook updates are due by March 18, 2024.
    2. CCA implementation of enhanced practices is required by March 31, 2025, and is expected to include risk management practices, margin practices, customer asset protection and market access expansion.

    Based on CCA rulebook updates and anticipated enhanced practices, market participants will be met with varying degrees of requirements and actions based on firm type, size, current capabilities and clearing model.

    Notable operational impacts that dealers will need to implement by the same March 31, 2025 compliance date related to reserves and margin include:

    1. Updating the 15c3-3 calculation to include the debit calculation component (for those that plan to take the debit)
    2. Updating possession and control calculation to demonstrate effective segregation and possession and control of customer assets
    3. Bifurcating margin flows between house and client activity, inclusive of client account-level granularity

    Who is impacted by this new rule?

    Market participants across the sell side and buy side will be impacted in different ways; however, the adopted rule will have material impacts to broker-dealers and institutional investors. The approved rule includes several exemptions and a longer implementation timeline than originally expected, giving market participants an opportunity to assess the impact of these changes and evaluate their strategies and implementation paths.

    Notable exemptions / exclusions from eligible secondary market transactions include:

    1. Cash transactions between a direct participant and either a hedge fund or leveraged account
    2. Inter-affiliate activity, subject to certain conditions
    3. Instances in which one counterparty is a central bank, a sovereign entity, an international financial institution and/or a natural person
    4. Repos or reverse repos in which one counterparty is a state or local government, or between a direct participant and an affiliated counterparty, as long as the affiliated counterparty submits for clearance and settlement all other repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements to which the affiliate is a party

    What are some key considerations for market participants today?

    Market participants will need to make material changes to their strategies, business models and operating infrastructure to either offer or maintain UST market access under the clearing mandate.

    Key items for market participants to consider include the following:

    1. UST trading and front office strategy. Current and/or aspirational UST clearing access models (direct membership, sponsored, sponsoring, etc.) should be assessed and aligned to the market participant’s business strategy. Identifying the desired UST target state in short order is critical in verifying that required transformation efforts are complete prior to rule compliance dates.
    2. Clearing models and technology. Depending on the existing UST clearing models and supporting infrastructure, firms may require significant internal technology uplift and/or third-party platform implementation to support the desired UST target state.
    3. Operating model and capacity. Government settlements and middle office functions will have to be reviewed as part of general operating model changes. Confirming that operations teams have the tools and capacity to operate in a cleared environment at a greater scale will be critical in determining the proper path forward.
    4. Margin requirements. The rule may yield an increase in margin requirements due to an increase in clearing activity and introduce segregation requirements for direct vs. indirect participants. There are differing impacts to sell- and buy-side firms. The UST clearing mandate will introduce the need for initial margin and increase guaranteed fund requirements. Additionally, further calculation tooling, intraday enhancements and what-if analysis will need to be considered for market participants’ margin infrastructure.
    5. 15c3-3 impacts and amendments. There are various impacts and amendments to the rule, including debits and credits impacting customer and PAB reserve formulas, including the ability to deduct margin passed to the CCAs from the reserve amount.
    6. Risk management updates. Central clearing targets the reduction of counterparty credit risk by redirecting activity to a CCA’s centralized netting and risk management system. The rule also introduces the need to set limits for in-scope activity, which will need to be understood by all participants as they determine if a multi-clearing model is required for their activity or if they can access the system through a single sponsored provider.
    7. Adjacent regulatory impacts. Banks will have to assess the impact to risk-based capital and supplemental leverage ratio-based capital that the broker/bank has to hold to support clearing-related activities. The SEC has also proposed an expanded definition of a dealer that, if approved, will capture a large volume of buy-side firms into the cash and financing elements of this rule.

    What CCA rulebook clarifications are needed for implementation?

    The industry is awaiting final CCA rulebook updates and outstanding industry consensus around key items with significant impact, including, but not limited to, repapering, give-ups/ins, international membership, mix trades partially collateralized with UST and related items. Rulebook updates from CCAs are due by March 18, 2024.

    What can firms initiate now to prepare for the UST central clearing initiative?

    For UST market participants, it is critical to manage a key risk arising from the clearing mandate in maintaining market access through brokers, sponsors and/or via CCA direct membership. Market participants should continue to educate themselves on the final rule requirements and anticipated impacts utilizing materials publicly available from the SEC, industry bodies (e.g., SIFMA) and third-party subject-matter advisors. Additionally, participation in industry forums, such as SIFMA, will provide access to leading insights and information on how the market is approaching the rule and a platform for firms to influence industry decisions. To learn more from the SEC, please review the SEC Final Rule and the associated Fact Sheet.

    In parallel with rule analysis, impact gathering and business strategy development, market participants should also look to:

    1. Review current UST market access and capabilities supported by internal data and metrics.
    2. Determine the appropriate UST clearing access model to best serve internal needs (e.g., affiliated entities, treasury, funding) and external parties (e.g., clients, brokers, interdealer brokers).
    3. Assess current capabilities for alignment to target state and timely UST clearing mandate compliance.
    4. Develop a high-level roadmap through compliance and initiate required programs that may be high effort or longer duration (e.g., direct membership).

    To learn more about how EY teams are addressing the topic, please reach out to Mark Nichols, Neal H. Ullman, Brendan Maher and Ray Agoglia.

    The views reflected in this article are the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Ernst & Young LLP or other members of the global EY organization.

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    Ray Agoglia, Senior Manager – Ernst & Young LLP
    Brendan Maher, Managing Director – Ernst & Young LLP
    Mark Nichols, Principal – Ernst & Young LLP
    Neal H. Ullman, Managing Director – Ernst & Young LLP

     

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  16. US Joins CHIPS & BRICS.

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    Here's another article of Dinarian interests...US Bonds becomes Toxic...

     

     

    FROM OTHER SOURCES:                   Foreign & Domestic Buyers REJECT 10-Year Bonds in Yesterday’s Catastrophic US T Auction.

    ARTICLE:   The April 10, 2024, auction of 10-year UST notes revealed a statistically concerning trend for the American government’s long-term debt securities.

     

    Demand from key investors is evaporating, a reflection of growing skepticism towards the sustainability & safety of the United States’ rapidly increasing debt load.

     

     

    Notably, foreign buyers, who traditionally play a significant role in purchasing U.S. debt, reduced their participation to 61.8%, a sharp drop from previous levels and the lowest since October 2023.

     

     

    This decline is significant, falling well below the average foreign participation rate observed over the last six auctions.

     

    Similarly, direct purchases by investors plummeted to a mere 14.2%, marking the lowest point since November 2021.

     

    This is the highest, forced dealer uptake since November 2022, underscoring the diminishing appetite among traditional buyers for U.S. long-term debt, due to fears over its growing unsustainability & associated risk of a U.S. debt default.

    This article is key!

    CL 

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  17. US Joins CHIPS & BRICS.

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    I have my own thoughts....but for now...CL 

     

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    CIPS vs. CHIPS: China’s alternative to the U.S.-dominated financial system | Live with Lizzi Lee

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    Emily Jin, research assistant at the Center for New American Security, discusses China’s alternatives to the U.S.’s CHIPS and SWIFT payment systems.

    Lizzi C. Lee Published October 31, 2022
     
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    In this episode of Live with Lizzi Lee:

    Emily Jin, research assistant for the Energy, Economics, and Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), talks about how CIPS, China’s version of the U.S.-dominated CHIPS payment system, may provide a new alternative to shift the global financial order.

     

    Below is a transcript of the video:

    Lizzi Lee: Joining me today is Emily Jin, a research assistant for the Energy Economics and Security Program at CNAS. Emily’s research focuses on alternative payment systems and their national security impact.

    Emily Jin: Thank you so much for having me here.

    Lizzi: So, Emily, help us understand the basics of payment systems. What’s the key difference between CHIPS and SWIFT and its Chinese counterpart, in addition to pure scale?

    Emily: So, you’re right. Besides the scale issue where CHIPS is less than 1% of SWIFT in terms of transaction volume, it’s helpful to look at the contexts where the two are created and their functional differences.

    SWIFT had the first mover advantage, so it was a collective that was created in 1977 by the United States, the EU, and some G7 countries to really secure the messaging between global financial institutions. So, it facilitates the movement of funds by providing the messaging infrastructure, but it doesn’t move the funds itself.

    And in contrast, CIPS [Cross-border Interbank Payment System] was, as an idea, conceived in 2012, established in 2015, and was created to really increase the efficiency and lower the costs of RMB transactions. So, it helps move funds. It clears and settles the RMB and most of the time uses SWIFT-enabled messaging to clear and settle RMB cross-border.

    CIPS’s closest U.S. analog really is CHIPS, which stands for Clearing House Interbank Payments System. It’s the largest private sector USD clearing system in the world. And CHIPS clears and settles the USD. And really the only similarity between SWIFT and CIPS, I would say, is the networking capability.

    SWIFT connects global financial institutions to each other with its messaging capability. CIPS connects mostly domestic Chinese payment systems with one another. But that’s where the similarity stops.

    And I think maybe I could go a little bit deeper into the differences between CIPS and SWIFT by talking through a scenario if that’s helpful. It is important to establish the baseline of how cross-border transactions work. So cross-border payments are usually conducted with the correspondent banking model. Correspondent banks are third-party banks that act as the middleman, if you will, between different financial institutions.

    If a specific transaction must go through multiple corresponding banks at each step of the way, they must be communicated or messages have to be communicated through SWIFT normally before a transaction reaches or the messaging reaches the final destination accounts. Cross-border payments are very tricky because payments often include currency conversions, different tax regimes, and processing fees.

    So how does CIPS fit into this cross-border payment picture? CIPS specifically works in this equation by facilitating payment orders between correspondent accounts of different financial institutions.

    Financial institutions can either be direct participants of CIPS or indirect, which just means direct participants can directly send or receive financial messages and clear and settle RMB through CIPS. Indirect will just have to go through direct participants to do so. And I hope this is helpful in clarifying the key differences between CIPS and SWIFT.

    Lizzi: Absolutely. And going back to the adoption of CIPS, I wonder if you can tell us a little bit more about the relationship between RMB internationalization or the, you know, the opening of China’s capital account and the adoption of that.

    Emily: Right. So bottom line up front, CIPS in the short to medium term will not be helping with RMB internationalization. You alluded to in your question, the kind of conditions that need to be present for the RMB to be an attractive currency, it doesn’t lie in CIPS, but rather in the political-economic model that China offers.

    The RMB really needs to become a reliable medium of exchange and store value. As it currently stands, it’s just not considered a safe asset, at least compared to so many other currencies like the U.S. dollar.

    Since China’s state-controlled political-economic model does not lend its way to investor confidence and we don’t really need to look that far for comparison.

    The United States has the historical and institutional advantages of having the most tradable and convertible currency in the world, helped by the United States’ deep capital markets and open political economic system.

    And also, a related and important point is that the PRC can’t really afford to bear the burden of maintaining a major global currency just because the PRC can’t really afford to have an appreciating RMB as its economy is still highly export reliant.

    It also can’t have, as you mentioned before, an unrestricted capital account inside mainland China and increasingly in the offshore RMB market in Hong Kong, given the concerns over capital flight and the consequent instability, should that happen.

    But while CIPS may not help with making the Chinese currency more appealing, it could help make Chinese alternative rails in international finance more appealing. My thinking and my research indicate that the Chinese government ultimately is trying to make a play for influence in the international financial system via CIPS.

    So, this likely means any accomplishments on CIPS, which can mean more individuals, firms, and banks adopting CIPS, would likely make the Chinese alternative rails more attractive. But the attractiveness of these rails does not automatically make the currency itself more appealing. And I hope that makes sense.

    Lizzi: Fascinating. If you recall, during the Beijing Olympics, China’s digital currency pilot program received a lot of media attention. I wonder if you can give us an update on that front. What’s the latest development in terms of the development of a digital Chinese yuan, or e-CNY? How do Chinese policymakers envision the future of its digital currency?

    Emily: Yeah, you’re right. There’s a lot of media attention because there’s just a dizzying array of pilot programs being implemented across China is an impressive level of penetration of the e-CNY or the related digital and data efforts. It’s across all provinces, municipalities, and financial institutions in central China.

    I can give a couple of examples, but rest assured, it’s a long list — I’ll spare you from the entire list. In terms of provinces, for example, the Fujian provincial government released this document called Key Points of Digital Fujian Work in 2022. So, it includes a lot of objectives to promote the e-CNY pilots in many different cities.

    And in terms of municipalities, I think the Chongqing municipal government issued its 14th Five-Year Plan for the development of strategic emerging industries in Chongqing.

    Inside this document which spans from 2021 to 2025, it explicitly earmarked support for e-CNY R&D and pilot exploration.

    And in terms of financial institutions, many banks, including Bank of Beijing, Bank of China, and Dalian Bank, I believe they announced the winning bids for projects that are developing the e-CNY into business scenarios and some anti-fraud facial recognition projects.

    So, in terms of financial scale the three banks that I mentioned, and these winning bids are around 500,000 RMB, so it’s a little bit under 70K U.S. dollars per project. But if you add it all up on the aggregate, it’s certainly very impressive because it’s happening across municipalities and all kinds of financial institutions and banks inside of China. And this is just the domestic picture too. I’m getting excited talking about it because there’s just a lot going on. The Chinese central bank, the PBOC, is also making moves internationally.

    First, it’s making moves through exerting influence and standards-setting bodies. I believe in February of this year, Chinese experts and representatives spearheaded the international standard for third-party payments. So, this is part of the ISO, which is the International Organization for Standardization.

    It’s a cooperative of, I believe, a little bit under 170 national standards bodies with the Secretariat in Geneva. You can see that the PBOC is at the forefront in standard-setting and in other international moves, the PBOC is also building the foundation for potential cross-border applications of the e-CNY.

    And one great example would be the PBOC collaborating with the Bank for International Settlements, which is a collective of global central banks, on this proof of concept of CBDC-to-CBDC transactions across the globe.

    So it’s important to caveat it, though. As far as I’m aware, this multiple CBDC transaction project, it’s not facilitating any more transactions just yet, and e-CNY currently remains mostly domestic and retail use cases. But this might be an application or capability that will get developed later and which would fit into China’s overall push to build alternative financial rails and institutional RMB transactions.

    And I am just going on and on, but I think Chinese policymakers, with all of this going on, they’re really envisioning a future for e-CNY, where it is domestically saturated through all levels of governance and that it’s adopted by all aspects of Chinese society willingly. It also envisions a future for e-CNY where it is internationally accepted in cross-border transactions. And perhaps more importantly, China has a leadership role in shaping the future of the global CBDC and larger digital assets ecosystem.

    And in fact, I’ve been workshopping this concept called Digital Legibility, which I think could be a counterweight model to the digital privacy model that’s right now accepted by most economies. And legibility is this political science concept that measures the extent to which one can make sense of complex realities. Using simplifying metrics and digital legibility in this case would be describing a state’s ability to use data-rich technology to analyze activity and behavior of its populace.

    And I think bring it back to your question. I think the end game for Chinese leadership is that it might want to transform the People’s Republic of China to the People’s Republic of Digital Legibility.

    It sounds a bit cheesy, but I truly believe Chinese policymakers are thinking in this data-rich framework. And Chinese policymakers probably believe that digital legibility or some framework around that is a prerequisite to the state leveraging its populace as a resource to accrue national power. And Chinese policymakers want the buy-in from its domestic audience, but also international buy-in.

    Lizzi: If anything, the current ongoing sanctions against Russia can underscore the urgency for Chinese authorities to develop alternatives to the U.S.-dominated financial system. But what are the hurdles confronted by Beijing as you can see them?

    Emily: Yeah, you’re right. Beijing is motivated to develop alternatives to the current mainstream financial plumbing and rails. And Chinese policymakers are certainly taking notes, I would imagine, on how the United States and allied economies are leveraging their economic and financial influence to kneecap the Russian economy.

    Chinese policymakers could only assume some kind of economic and financial measures will be imposed against itself or its own economy should there be a scenario on Taiwan, for example, or some other geopolitical conflict initiated by China or where China plays a major role.

    The main hurdle I can think of right now is the reputational cost of Chinese financial institutions or any Chinese actors explicitly helping bad actors evade sanctions through either CIPS or the e-CNY. So just imagine if a group of Chinese financial institutions or firms are found explicitly to have used CIPS to help bad actors seek relief from sanctions. I think the potential punishment in the likely form of financial sanctions from the U.S. and other economies, it’s just way too costly now.

    And another potential hurdle I think lies in the technical reliance on mainstream financial systems. So CIPS may have some messaging capability and I’m sure it’s certainly refining its functionality, but most of its cross-border payments or transactions are still facilitated through SWIFT.

    And it’s likely to stay that way in the foreseeable future. If it’s reliant on SWIFT to do the bulk of its cross-border work, I think CIPS will not be able to serve as a full alternative to SWIFT. So, some major hurdles in a way.

    Lizzi: What’s your recommendation for U.S. policymakers? Should the United States seek to maintain its dominance, or should the United States embrace a multipolar future and decide accordingly?

    Emily: I think a U.S. state-dominated financial institutions are here to stay. I don’t think a multi-polar financial future is in the books for the foreseeable future. But the U.S. dollar is going to continue to be the world’s reserve currency.

    The associated financial infrastructure will continue to be the main structure through which banks around the world move and store value. If there are currencies that are catching up, it is more likely to be the Euro rather than RMB. But even that is very fraught for debate.

    I do, however, believe that there is innovation from other countries such as China refining its financial alternative and rails through CIPS and the e-CNY. This could make alternative systems more attractive as more potential escape valves under financial sanctions from the United States or other countries. Although, regardless of this production rate, I think the United States should maintain its leadership in global financial institutions. It still has work to do and the course of action the U.S. government needs to take sooner rather than later to counter China’s influence in building its global alternative financial rails.

    I can think of the like in a couple of different categories. There are some analytical actions.

    There are also defensive and also proactive actions.

    So, in the analytical category, I recommend some kind of concentrated U.S. government effort in monitoring the U.S, the growth, and also the connectivity of all of these alternative payment rails outside of the United States. A signpost to watch out for would be whether more banks are starting to adopt or join the CIPS network, or whether Chinese and Russian alternative systems and rails are collaborating in any meaningful sense.

    So, this is important. The United States knows whether there’s a critical mass of escape valves forming outside of the mainstream financial system. In terms of what it looks concretely, this could mean the United States Treasury Department maybe should mandate an annual report on the use of the dollar in the context of global payments systems, which should also track the development of alternative payment systems. And that’s just like an analytical policy that I recommend.

    But in terms of the defensive policy, the United States government should consider economic measures that could restrict the advancement of alternative payment rails. For example, if certain actors are trying to evade sanctions by facilitating transactions through CIPS, and if there’s clear evidence of that, the Treasury Department should consider levying secondary sanctions on entities that helped or facilitated these transactions.

    But before devising a sanctions program for this scenario, the Department of Treasury will really need to study and anticipate to the extent that it can, the impact of such secondary sanctions before using this tool, given the potential unintended consequences from these measures.

    And finally, in the more proactive kind of policy bucket, I recommend efforts from both the public sector, but also the private sector in improving U.S. cross-border payment pipelines to make sure that dollar transactions still stay efficient or become more efficient.

    And the United States, more importantly, needs to be proactively engaging in standards, setting bodies for digital assets and financial rails. The United States doesn’t need to create its own digital dollar just to counter China’s efforts in influence or standards-setting bodies, but it should be at the table for these discussions.

     
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    Lizzi C. Lee is an economist turned journalist. She graduated from MIT’s PhD program in Economics prior to joining the New York-based independent Chinese media outlet Wall St TV. Read more

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  19. Why do people believe in conspiracy theories? Here’s what the science says

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    1 hour ago, pokerplayer said:
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    Not trying to downplay those that do.

     

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    Why do people believe in conspiracy theories? Here’s what the science says

     
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    In a landmark study, researchers have mapped the psychological landscape that shapes our susceptibility to conspiracy theories. Analyzing data from 170 studies, they’ve found that beliefs in conspiracy theories are not only influenced by personality traits but also by deeper motivational needs, such as the desire for certainty or feeling misunderstood by society. The findings have been published in the scientific journal Psychological Bulletin.

     
     
     

    Conspiracy theories are a fascinating and complex facet of human culture, often defined as beliefs or explanations that attribute the cause of significant events or situations to secret, malevolent plots orchestrated by powerful and covert groups. Conspiracy theories usually thrive on the lack of definitive evidence, relying instead on suggestive, ambiguous, or circumstantial details.

    They often emerge in response to significant, sometimes traumatic societal events, offering alternative explanations that challenge official accounts or mainstream understanding. While some conspiracy theories might occasionally turn out to have a basis in reality, most are widely considered implausible and unsupported by empirical evidence, yet they continue to capture the imagination and belief of certain segments of the population.

    In the digital age, where information – and misinformation – spreads rapidly, understanding the psychology behind these beliefs has become more crucial than ever. Previous studies have explored various aspects of this phenomenon, looking at how personality traits, motivational factors, and social influences contribute to the belief in conspiracy theories.

     

    "IN A LANDMARK STUDY"

    They lost all credibility right there....

    Fact of the matter is that more often today's conspiracy, in time, becomes tomorrow's factual explanation!

     

    Follow the Science???

    That really worked out with covid......didn't it?

     

    The MSM is the worst & first at labeling credible information as conspiracy.....Hunters laptop comes to mind....

     

    Dumb article in my mind.....always good to post articles/examples from "those in the know"..... let's us see how stupid they think we all are.......lol

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  22. Thursday Morning Opinions @ 11:40 AM CDT - 4/04/2024

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    49 minutes ago, ronscarpa said:

    Executive order 13303.  President Bush signed executive order 13303...Clinton... Trump...Biden...resigned it. Guess what, executive order 13303...has not been resigned...

     

    I have been under the impression 13303 was part of what allowed the average US Citizen to profit from any revaluation of the IQD.

    Thoughts anyone?

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