{"id":1695,"date":"2023-04-02T14:29:05","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T14:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/findbullionprices.com\/blog\/?p=1695"},"modified":"2023-04-05T18:03:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T18:03:17","slug":"brics-bull-opportunity-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/findbullionprices.com\/blog\/brics-bull-opportunity-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil &#038; China to Start Trading in Renminbi, Japan Buys Russian Oil Above Price Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The dollar is quickly losing ground in the global south as BRICS countries initiate trade deals in local currencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China and Brazil announced this week a new trade deal that will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silkroadbriefing.com\/news\/2023\/03\/31\/brics-looking-at-basing-financial-reserves-on-a-basket-of-their-own-currencies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">settled in their own currencies<\/a>. The news comes amid reports that the Chinese RMB has surpassed the Euro to become the currency with the second largest reserves held by Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet, the dollar still represents more than 80% of the countries foreign reserves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The central bank report also shows that the value of Brazil&#8217;s international reserves <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/a\/202304\/01\/WS6427c81ba31057c47ebb7d74.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lost over $37.5 billion in 2021 and 2022<\/a>, due in large part to lower returns amid the US Federal Reserve&#8217;s rate hikes and dollar manipulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China has been Brazil&#8217;s largest trading partner, overtaking the United States in 2009. China has pledged to <a href=\"https:\/\/asiatimes.com\/2023\/03\/china-and-brazil-reach-rmb-based-trade-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">continue making significant investments<\/a> in the largest economy in South America, with major spending across energy, mining, agriculture and information-and-communication technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of February 2023, the Central Bank of Brazil reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ceicdata.com\/en\/indicator\/brazil\/gold-reserves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gold holdings worth $7.602 billion<\/a>, down slightly from $8.103 billion in March of 2022. It&#8217;s probable that some of the gold that China has been stockpiling was exchanged for yuan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China continues pushing trade in the southern hemisphere <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bilaterals.org\/?china-announces-it-will-begin-a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">moving bilateral trade agreements<\/a> away from the dollar as part of the overall &#8220;One Belt One Road&#8221; initiative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bank of International Settlements (BIS), the driving force pushing for global CBDC adoption and the organization that controls the SWIFT banking network lists gold bullion as a Tier 1 asset alongside United States Treasury Bills. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rio-based Banco BOCOM BBM, a subsidiary of China&#8217;s fifth largest bank will be connected to the Cross-border Interbank Payment System (CIPS), bypassing the SWIFT network to support trade settlements directly in renminbi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BRICS countries have been buying gold and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldatlarge.news\/economies-markets\/2022\/8\/19\/gold-will-buttress-attempts-by-brics-nations-to-create-new-reserve-currency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stocking up their reserves in anticipation<\/a> for more than a decade establishing stronger trade ties among the emerging economies. Over the last decade, Russia alone has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldatlarge.news\/economies-markets\/2022\/8\/19\/gold-will-buttress-attempts-by-brics-nations-to-create-new-reserve-currency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">quintupled their central bank gold holdings<\/a> affirming its strong leadership role with the emerging Moscow World Standard for clearing commodities outside of Western manipulated markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Central Banks will continue to <a href=\"https:\/\/findbullionprices.com\/gold\/closest-to-spot.php?category=gold\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">buy gold<\/a> in large amounts to provide scaffolding for larger bilateral trade deals in local currency in preparation for the announcement of a BRICS basket currency that is expected to come during the BRICS Summit in South Africa in August of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/findbullionprices.com\/gold-spot-charts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">price of gold<\/a> has been trending higher this year as mainstream and retail investors continue to hedge riskier portfolio holdings due to tremendous uncertainty in the dollar&#8217;s global dominance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brazil&#8217;s international dollar currency reserves lost over $37.5 billion in  from 2021 in 2022 due in large part to lower returns amid the US Federal Reserve&#8217;s rate hikes and dollar manipulation. 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