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Links — 15 March 2023

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Cision PRThe Digital Currency Monetary Authority (DCMA) Launches an International Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)  ["at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Spring Meetings 2023, the Digital Currency Monetary Authority (DCMA) announced their official launch of an international central bank digital currency (CBDC) that strengthens the monetary sovereignty of participating central banks and complies with the recent crypto assets policy recommendations proposed by the IMF"]News release by Digital Currency Monetary Authority Strategic Culture Foundation (sanctioned by the US Treasury Department)All Roads Lead to Beijing [Western culture meets Chinese culture]Pepe EscobarStrategic Culture Foundation (sanctioned by the US Treasury Department)We are Closening to a Move Through the Cycle –

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The Digital Currency Monetary Authority (DCMA) Launches an International Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)  ["at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Spring Meetings 2023, the Digital Currency Monetary Authority (DCMA) announced their official launch of an international central bank digital currency (CBDC) that strengthens the monetary sovereignty of participating central banks and complies with the recent crypto assets policy recommendations proposed by the IMF"]
News release by Digital Currency Monetary Authority

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China’s Asia export boom bedevils US friend-shoring  [China is not being isolated economically]
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Daily Chronicles April 15 [intersection of geopolitics and geoeconomics]

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Mike Norman
Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

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