[…]Saudi Arabia on Wednesday decided to drop the widely used West Texas Intermediate oil contract as the benchmark for pricing its oil, dealing a serious blow to the New York Mercantile Exchange.
The decision by the world’s biggest oil exporter could encourage other producers to abandon the benchmark and threatens the dominance of the world’s most heavily traded oil futures contract. It is the main contract traded on Nymex[…]
[…]Turkey is switching to national currencies in trade with Iran and China, ending dependence on the U.S. dollar and the euro for about 20 percent of its commodity turnover, local media reported on Wednesday.
Turkey has already switched to settlements in national currencies with Russia amid weakening confidence in the greenback as the world’s major reserve currency.
The move was initiated by Turkish President Abdullah Gul during his visit to Moscow in February.[…]
Molto interessante il recupero del $ partito ieri in concomitanza con queste due notizie non propriamente positive, non trovate ?
Al solito, si balla e si va nell’altro senso all’inizio quando i nodi vengono al pettine.
