Bertin Acosta

The reduction in the use of the dollar in international transactions and in keeping the reserves of nations, known as de-dollarisation, is not a conspiracy but rather the consequence of a series of interconnected factors reflecting changes in the global economic landscape. The declining relevance of the United States in the global economy, the growth of trade among emerging economies and the search for lower costs in international transactions are the main drivers of this phenomenon.

Al inicio de la pandemia COVID-19, la Reserva Federal llevó a cabo un estímulo monetario sin precedentes para evitar una caída de la economía. Se redujeron drásticamente las tasas de interés y se efectuaron programas masivos de compra de activos que inyectaron billones de dólares al sistema financiero. Esta nueva liquidez no impregnó la economía de manera uniforme.

The Keynesian premise of international finance was to allow rich, surplus countries to finance the economic development of poor, deficit countries. For some time now, this has not been the case. In the following, we will analyse the enormous debt of the developed countries and their relationship with their developing country creditors. For example, the G7 is the group of debtor countries in the G20, and the other 12 are emerging creditor countries with ample international reserves. The EU as a block is not taken into account here.

La alta inflación de los últimos años se puede comparar con la década de 1970, aunque era una economía muy diferente. Los bancos centrales subieron las tasas de interés en ambos períodos para contener la tasa general. A diferencia del pasado, la inflación de los alimentos no ha cedido esta vez. Este artículo abordará los motivos subyacentes.