Could a new currency be set to challenge the dominance of the dollar? Perhaps, but that may not be the point. In August 2023, South Africa will host the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – a group of nations known by the acronym BRICS. Among the items on the agenda is the creation of a new joint BRICS currency. As a scholar who has studied the BRICS countries for over a decade, I can certainly see why talk of a BRICS currency is, well, gaining currency....
A man counts Indian rupee banknotes in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.Dhiraj Singh/BloombergRussia and India have suspended negotiations over using rupees...