December 2020 – Page 2 – PressClub World

10. 12. 2020 No Responses

Chinese Digital Currency Gets A Boost

If an official digital yuan was adopted, it would give Beijing a remarkable amount of information about what consumers are spending their money on. Last summer, the Chinese government launched a pilot program for a digital version of the yuan. The virtual currency...

9. 12. 2020 No Responses

Growing Generational Wealth Gap

As young generations usher into adulthood, they inevitably begin to accumulate and inherit wealth, a trend that has broadly remained consistent. But, what has changed recently is the rate of accumulation. In the U.S., household wealth has traditionally ...

8. 12. 2020 No Responses

FDA Warns Of ‘Severe Adverse Reactions’ After Vaccine Dose 2

Pfizer and partner BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine meets expectations on agency guidance and is enough to spur an agency review, according to staff of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The finding is one of several significant new results featured in the ...

6. 12. 2020 No Responses

BoJ Is Now The Biggest Owner Of Japanese Stocks

Bank Of Japan Is Now The Biggest Owner Of Japanese Stocks With $434 Billion Portfolio. The combination of a state-run institution, the BOJ, and the country’s representative public pension fund, the GPIF, buying up local equities feels distorted. The Japanif...

4. 12. 2020 No Responses

Central Bank Of Uzbekistan Introduces Parallel Currency: Gold

Since November 2020, the central bank of Uzbekistan (CBU) issues sealed gold bars with a QR-code for real time verification. With these new bars CBU aims to stimulate gold to be used as a store of value, as well as promote...

1. 12. 2020 No Responses

Exxon Mobil Announces $20 Billion Oil Asset Write-Down

Exxon Mobil has finally broken with its long-time tradition to never write down its assets. Exxon Mobil has announced stunning writedowns of between $17 billion to $20 billion due to the demand slowdown and its effect on the oil industry....

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