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Think BRICS's avatar

Come on, wash your mouth if you want to discuss. You're talking about things that are not easy to build against institutions older and established for 80 years already. The alternative payment system is something on the table for just 3 years. Don't be naive and impolite

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David Merrifield's avatar

How do we purchase BRICS currency?

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Think BRICS's avatar

there is and will be no BRICS currency, watch out for scams

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钟建英's avatar

I agree there will be no BRICS currency nor will there be a need for one. Transactions can be settled in national currencies. But I suggest creating a closed fund for holds national currencies of BRICS nations (as its assets) and issues exchange traded securities to wholesale (and possibly retail) customers who want to hold BRICS national currencies as a store of value. There seems to be a demand for such currency-backed assets as an alternative to holding US currency.

Just a suggestion.

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Ryk BlueStar's avatar

Agreed, there is a BRIX Development Bank. I would anticipate that while all local currencies are relevant, practically there would probably be three main trading currencies.

The trick is to increase purchasing power parity:

-Gold price per gram-

US Dollar 104

Brazil Real 585

Chinese Yuan 748

South African Rand 1,876

Mexican Pesos 2,011

Russian Rubles 8,355

Indian Rupee 8,861

Japanese Yen 15,052

Would BRIX members revalue their currencies or issue new currencies that would harmonize with each other? Like the EU Euro but perhaps floating more on national parity value?

I included Mexico because I perceive that they could become a member of BRIX. I don’t know the impact of this in conjunction with the NAFTA Agreement. However, the winds of change are upon us. I included Japan as well for the same reason; they may find benefit in joining at least the ASEAN.

I use a gram of gold as gold is the effective value benchmark and is traded in all economies.

Also, I am really excited about the collaboration efforts described in this article. I really appreciate the attention to detail and writing style/content that these posts contain. Thank you for the window into this fascinating collaboration.

Xie Xie

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