The Latest Breaking News from BRICS

High interest rates typically weigh on commodity prices as they increase the cost of carrying raw material inventories and increase production expenses. However, nothing is ordinary about the current historical period, which could mean commodity prices can rise even if rates remain stable or move slightly higher.

Vladimir Putin has agreed to make his first foreign trip since a warrant for his arrest over alleged war crimes was issued by the International Criminal Court.

Russia will instead be represented by the country’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov

Indonesian President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo has said he does not want to ‘rush’ membership of the economic grouping.

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India’s offer to South Africa is part of its attempt to raise issues concerning the so-called Global South.

While we shouldn’t read too much into the Brics expansion, the geopolitical landscape is shifting

The 2020 global pandemic caused interest rates to fall to historical lows as the U.S. and other worldwide central banks provided an unprecedented liquidity tidal wave. The tsunami of government stimulus only increased the money supply and planted inflationary seeds that bloomed and caused the hawkish response since March 2022.…

Video of Putin’s opening address was shown at the BRICS Business Forum, where his voice was lowered as if trying to disguise it

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It is the promise of shared prosperity and a more democratic model of global governance that attracts the global south to BRICS