Latam Insights: Bolivija razmišlja o kitajskih juanih za trgovinske poravnave, Steve Hanke predlaga 30-dnevno rešitev za venezuelsko inflacijo

Dobrodošli v Latam Insights, zbirko najpomembnejših novic o kripto in gospodarskem razvoju iz Latinske Amerike v zadnjem tednu. V tej številki, Bolivija razmišlja o uporabi kitajskega juana v mednarodnih trgovinskih poravnavah, inflacija doseže 108.8% v Argentini, and Steve Hanke states he can eliminate Venezuela’s inflation in 30 dnevi.

Bolivia Mulls Using Chinese Yuan in International Trade Settlements

The government of Bolivia has announced it is considering the usage of the Chinese yuan as a replacement for the US dollar for international trade settlements. The Bolivian President Luis Arce instructed the central bank to research if the recent advancement regarding the use of the Chinese currency in Brazil and Argentina could be also be applied in Bolivia’s case.

In a meeting with Bolivian journalists, Arce navedeno:

In the world, there are several countries that are going through illiquidity of dollars, to such an extent, what Argentina, Brazilija, Francija, and the Arab countries are doing is no less. What are they doing? They decide not to trade in dollars.

Bolivia recently passed a law to sell half of its gold reserves for dollars to give a solution to its dollar liquidity issues.

Inflation Reaches 108.8% Year Over Year in Argentina

The National Statistics Institute of Argentina (INDEC) has delivered the price data corresponding to April, registering an inflation increase of 108.8% year over year. The inflation number jumped further higher than the 104.3% registered in March. Food and beverage items contributed the most to the rise in inflation numbers, with prices rising 10.1%.

The Argentine government pojasnil that “the exchange rate unrest in the financial dollar markets, in the last part of the month, prompted preventive price increases in many products and services of our economy,” acknowledging that it would have to make bigger efforts to achieve better results in its fight against inflation.

Steve Hanke Believes He Can Eliminate Venezuela’s Inflation in 30 Dnevi

Steve Hanke, professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University, stated that he could bring inflation down in Venezuela in 30 dnevi. Hanke, who is currently an economic advisor to Roberto Henriquez, a presidential candidate for the upcoming elections, believes that the solution to Venezuelan inflation is the implementation of a currency-board system.

This currency board system would allow for the exchange of Venezuelan bolivares at a fixed rate against the US dollar. In an interview on a local radio station, Hanke navedeno:

Within 30 days the inflation in Venezuela would be completely eliminated: and the inflation rate would be very close to the inflation rates in the U.S.

Hanke has already directed programs of this kind in Estonia, Lithuania, Bulgary, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Sergio Goščenko

Sergio je novinar o kriptovalutah s sedežem v Venezueli. Zase pravi, da zamuja v igri, vstop v kriptosfero, ko se je decembra zgodila rast cen 2017. Imeti računalniško inženirsko ozadje, živi v Venezueli, in nanje vpliva razmah kriptovalut na družbeni ravni, ponuja drugačno stališče o uspehu kriptovalut in o tem, kako pomaga tistim, ki nimajo bančnih storitev in nimajo dovolj storitev.

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