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​A Chinese clerk counts RMB (renminbi) yuan banknotes at a bank in Lianyungang city, east China's Jiangsu province, on Aug. 11, 2015.
Analysis

Is China’s currency coming for the US dollar?

On Saturday, Chinese President Xi Jinping made it public: he wants the renminbi, China’s currency, to replace the dollar as the global reserve currency. But is this even possible?

​Argentina's President Javier Milei gestures after the La Libertad Avanza party won the midterm election, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 26, 2025.
What We're Watching

What We’re Watching: Milei sticks to his guns, Putin gets ready to test, Central Asia comes to Washington

​Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro addresses supporters during a march marking the first anniversary of his victory in the disputed July 28 presidential election, in Caracas, Venezuela July 28, 2025.
Hard Numbers

Hard Numbers: US doubles Maduro’s bounty, Trump appoints new Fed member, Modi and Lula combine forces, & more

$50 million: The US doubled its bounty to $50 million for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

​Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Moscow, Russia, on June 23, 2025.
What We're Watching

What We’re Watching: Iran meets with Putin, NATO gathers at the Hague, Venezuela targets black markets

It’s unclear what more the Kremlin is willing to do for its last major Middle Eastern ally right now.

Graphic Truth: The almighty, ever-strengthening dollar
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Graphic Truth: The almighty, ever-strengthening dollar

The US dollar is the most widely used currency in the world, underpinning the vast majority of global finance and trade.

Does Trump want a weaker dollar?
News

Does Trump want a weaker dollar?

His top economic adviser is the author of a plan to use US financial and military power to weaken the dollar. Can it work?

​FILE PHOTO: Japanese Yen and U.S. dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken March 10, 2023.
What We're Watching

How long can Japan prop up the yen?

Japan’s currency slipped to 160 yen to the dollar on Monday, its lowest rate since 1990, triggering a government intervention and threatening Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s position.

A one thousand Argentine peso bill sits on top of several one hundred U.S. dollar bills
Latin America & Caribbean

Will Argentina adopt the US dollar?

Argentina on Monday unveiled new emergency measures to fight its 109% inflation rate and support the ailing peso amid rapidly dwindling foreign currency reserves and growing fears of a devaluation.

Image of a $100 dollar bill with a crown and the body of a wrestler
by ian bremmer

The dollar is dead, long live the dollar

Predictions of the dollar’s demise are overblown.

A graph showing the value of the British pound against the US dollar (2000- Oct 2022)
Graphic Truth

The Graphic Truth: The tumbling British pound

UK Prime Minister Liz Truss’s recent attempt to stimulate the country’s inflation-ridden economy by pushing for massive tax cuts has sent the markets into a tailspin and caused the British pound to plummet in value against the US dollar. But even before this episode – and the government’s subsequent policy U-turn – sterling had been steadily declining amid the Brexit fallout. It also doesn’t help that the US dollar is at its strongest level in years. We take a look at the value of the British pound against the greenback since 2000.