| | On June 12, 2024, BRICS News [[tweet]]ed, "Saudi Arabia's 50-year-old petrodollar agreement with the United States has expired, with no new agreement in place. Saudi Arabia will now sell oil in multiple currencies, including the Chinese RMB, [[Euro]]s, [[Yen]], and Yuan, instead of exclusively in US dollars."<ref>[https://twitter.com/BRICSinfo/status/1801005240658858443 BRICS News], Jun 12, 2024. twitter.com/BRICSinfo</ref> | | On June 12, 2024, BRICS News [[tweet]]ed, "Saudi Arabia's 50-year-old petrodollar agreement with the United States has expired, with no new agreement in place. Saudi Arabia will now sell oil in multiple currencies, including the Chinese RMB, [[Euro]]s, [[Yen]], and Yuan, instead of exclusively in US dollars."<ref>[https://twitter.com/BRICSinfo/status/1801005240658858443 BRICS News], Jun 12, 2024. twitter.com/BRICSinfo</ref> |
| − | When dollars flow back into the United States from abroad, they are most often used to purchase [[US]] [[stock market|stocks]] or [[real estate]]. This makes various stock indexes on [[Wall Street]] more of a reflection of the [[globalism|global economy]] than as it traditionally has been interpreted as a reflection of the jealth of the US domestic economy. Likewise, the purchase and control of real estate by foreign principals is of concern to most US states and localities. | + | When dollars flow back into the United States from abroad, they are most often used to purchase [[US]] [[stock market|stocks]] or [[real estate]]. This makes various stock indexes on [[Wall Street]] more of a reflection of the [[globalism|global economy]] than as it traditionally has been interpreted as a reflection of the health of the US domestic economy. Likewise, the purchase and control of real estate by foreign principals is of concern to most US states and localities. |