Airbus says competition from China’s Comac C919 won’t ‘rock the boat’

Airbus says competition from China’s Comac C919 won’t ‘rock the boat’

The Comac C919 is not very different from what Airbus and Boeing already have in the market, and that it was “not going to rock the boat in particular,” Christian Scherer, chief executive officer of Airbus’s aircraft commercial business said. “It looks a bit like an Airbus narrow body,” Scherer said, tongue in cheek, noting … Read more

India set to be world’s third largest economy in 2027: finance ministry

India set to be world’s third largest economy in 2027: finance ministry

A pedestrian speaks on a mobile phone as he watches a digital screen relaying the budget speech by Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on the facade of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in Mumbai on February 1, 2021. PUNIT PARANJPE | AFP via Getty Images In a report released Monday, the finance ministry said the … Read more

India oil minister Hardeep Singh Puri

India oil minister Hardeep Singh Puri

Despite oil trades being recently settled in the yuan and ruble, the U.S. dollar’s prominence in this market is here to stay. India’s oil and gas minister said that international payment systems “have been in place for a long time” and that to displace the dollar is “not so easy”. Oil trades have sometimes been … Read more

Singapore among world’s first to agree stablecoin crypto regulation

Singapore among world’s first to agree stablecoin crypto regulation

Singapore’s financial regulator on Tuesday said it had finalized rules for a type of digital currency called stablecoin. Reserves that back stabelcoins must be held in low-risk and highly-liquid assets. They must equal or exceed the value of the stablecoin in circulation at all times, the rules say. The stablecoin market is valued at around … Read more

Economic and political factors behind acceleration of de-dollarization

Economic and political factors behind acceleration of de-dollarization

The U.S. dollar has been king in global trade for decades — not just because the U.S. is the world’s largest economy, but also because oil, a key commodity needed by all economies big and small, is priced in the greenback. Most commodities are also priced and traded in U.S. dollars. But since the Federal … Read more