Chapter 1,488 I Am Daozu, and Others Are Fish and Meat

The war is over.

The 150,000 U.S. troops stranded in Colombia finally have a chance to go home.

Facing the Caribbean Sea that was blocked by the Star Ring Trade Submarine, they were already looking forward to it. But what they didn't expect was that they would return home in this way...

With frustration, unwillingness, and even resentment, the American soldiers with complicated moods handed over their weapons and boarded the Star Circle trading ships in batches, bound for the ports of Washington and New York City. Admiral Felton, who stayed at the port of Barranquilla, performed a military salute with a complex expression, left behind hundreds of M1A2 tanks and armored units of various types, and turned away with a group of senior officers.

As the month-long war between the United States and New Zealand came to an end, the outcome of the Colombian Civil War began to be determined. The United States surrendered to the new country. The NATO coalition forces had lost the motivation to continue intervening in South America. The coalition forces of various countries had also lost their minds. After receiving an agreement from Star Circle Trading to allow the evacuation of equipment, they all withdrew their troops from the Port of Barranquilla.

Without the support of the NATO coalition, President Vargas of Northern Colombia fled South America by plane overnight and went to Europe to seek political asylum. And almost as soon as his plane took off, North Colombia surrendered to South Colombia.

Colombia is reunited.

For this reason, Jimenez personally called Jiang Chen and expressed his overwhelming gratitude to him in an excited voice.

"...The people of Colombia will be the eternal friends of Star Ring Trade! I will write our friendship into the constitution. No matter how the international situation changes, we will always stand by your side!"

Jimenez is smart.

In other words, he saw it very clearly.

From the beginning, the two sides in this war were two superpowers vying for hegemony. And now the winner has been decided. It was the United States that lost the war. In this case, the new country will undoubtedly replace it and become the overlord of the world.

Grasping this thigh in time will be a sure win for him and his regime.

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Liberty Avenue is located in the center of Coro, where many heroic deeds took place five years ago. Now, this street has become a veritable financial avenue, with more than five large banks and the headquarters of twelve large and medium-sized investment banks located here. Many people call it the "Eastern Wall Street".

In addition to the Star Ring trade itself, the financial institutions on this street were the second largest beneficiaries of this war.

The already bustling streets are now even more crowded, and there are more foreign faces than there were more than a month ago.

Located at the corner of Ziyou Avenue, outside a beautiful Dali City building, cameras and broadcast trucks of all sizes are surrounding it. If it weren't for the maglev channel that diverted most of the traffic pressure, it would be doubtful that so many people would be able to stand down.

This is the new Federal Reserve headquarters.

At this moment, a conference related to the direction of the global economy is being held here. Because the new Fed meetings have always been "closed-door meetings" without any spectator seats, both investors and reporters from financial newspapers are anxiously waiting for the results of the meeting.

In the past, whenever the Federal Reserve held an interest rate meeting, the capital market was "frightened." At this moment, this honor has been taken away by the new country. Even the Federal Reserve's treasury is under the occupation of the victorious countries, tens of trillions of assets have been frozen, and the voice of Wall Street has become insignificant.

In the current global economic downturn, all countries need a currency that is strong enough to hedge risks. It is precisely for this reason that the attitude of the new Federal Reserve is crucial.

If the new Federal Reserve continues to cut interest rates and reserve requirement ratios while implementing quantitative easing, and open the floodgates to the money market to stabilize exchange rates, it will undoubtedly be suspected of taking advantage of the situation for other countries that are suffering from financial crises. The economies of countries with U.S. dollars or U.S. Treasury bonds are even worse.

An interest rate cut is now a certainty. After all, the rising exchange rate has seriously affected the new country's export economy. The new Federal Reserve should be responsible first for domestic enterprises, and secondly for the overall situation of the global economy.

But now, the key question is how much.

Finally, the door opened.

A man with an Asian face walked out quickly.

Reporters swarmed up and surrounded him, bombarding him with all kinds of questions.

"Quiet, quiet," he patted the documents in his hand impatiently. Although he was only a small role (press spokesman) who was not qualified to participate in the meeting, the expression on this man's face was quite proud, or arrogant. Because he represents a rising economy, every word he speaks can affect the lives of everyone in the world tomorrow.

He cleared his throat and read out the results of the meeting directly in Chinese.

The translators in the audience were in a hurry, fearing that they would miss a word or mistranslate it. When it came to the most critical rate cut, everyone pricked up their ears and held their breath.

"...According to the decision of the New Federal Reserve Shareholders Meeting, this monthly interest rate cut plan is 0.1%, which will be implemented at 12 noon tomorrow. We have also carefully considered the opinions of all walks of life in New Zealand and banks and investment banks in other countries. Therefore, this month There will be no reduction in monthly reserves.”

Cut interest rates by 0.1%!

The reserve fund will not be adjusted!

These words were like rain in the desert, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Don't underestimate this 0.1%. Everyone originally expected that the new Federal Reserve might directly cut interest rates by half a point to deal with the rising Singapore dollar exchange rate, thereby increasing the total amount of money circulating in the market and paving the way for the next quantitative easing plan.

Especially the representatives from the Chinese side showed expressions of relief or joy on their faces. It seems that the fellow villagers are still very moral and do not take advantage of others. After all, all those U.S. Treasury bonds are in their hands, and even a certain central bank with deep pockets will have to break their muscles...

Because identities are kept confidential in principle (ordinary people will not take the initiative to advertise that they are shareholders of the New Federal Reserve), there is an underground garage built below the New Federal Reserve Building with a security level no less than that of the Presidential Palace. After the meeting, everyone will not go through the main entrance, but leave here.

When Jiang Chen and Xia Shiyu walked out of the elevator side by side and appeared in the garage, the people who were still in the garage stopped what they were doing, saluted respectfully, or greeted them diligently. Among these people were the chairman of a group with assets worth tens of billions, and financial giants with assets worth hundreds of billions. But when they faced these two, no one put on the airs of a big boss.

Nodding slightly to show friendship, Jiang Chen opened the car door for Xia Shiyu in a gentlemanly manner after passing through the crowd, and the two of them got into the car they had been waiting for for a long time.

"The Singapore dollar has started its second round of rise. I thought you would raise interest rates significantly, but I didn't expect you would only raise interest rates by 0.1 points." After sitting in the car, Xia Shiyu talked about what had just happened at the interest rate meeting. Content, "Can you tell me what you think?"

There is no scruple in chatting here because Ayesha is the one driving the car.

"The first stage of exchange rate stabilization has been done. Before the compensation gold is shipped to the new Federal Reserve, I do not intend to further suppress the exchange rate. Excessive interference in the market will lead to abnormal development of the market. We still have a long way to go." , Jiang Chen smiled, and then said, "What's more, many people have been badmouthing us before. Someone has to pay some price for their stupidity."

For example, those foreign companies that withdrew their capital from New Zealand as soon as the seventy-two-hour ultimatum came out, or those international capitals that shorted New Zealand's financial market. Now I guess they are eagerly looking forward to the exchange rate of the Singapore dollar falling, so as to reduce the losses of shortfalls and misjudgments.

As for those New Zealand citizens who chose to stay in times of crisis (whether it was because they did not buy air tickets or not), Jiang Chen hoped that they would use their money to travel and enjoy life during this period. At least in the past year, the super purchasing power of the Singapore dollar has been enough to allow any working-class Singaporean to live a "superior" life abroad.

This victory belongs to every citizen of the new nation, and they deserve this spoil.

"I didn't expect you to have a dark side." Xia Shiyu curled her lips and said teasingly.

"Haha, haven't you seen my S side before?" Jiang Chen laughed evilly.

Xia Shiyu didn't react at all, but Ayesha, who was driving, had two faint blushes on her cheeks.

Maybe I was thinking of the upheaval last night...

"What time is your flight?"

"Two o'clock in the afternoon."

"Remember to be safe outside," Xia Shiyu leaned over and left a sweet kiss on Jiang Chen's lips. Xia Shiyu gently fiddled with her temples with her index finger. A trace of tenderness flashed in her eyes that were not good at expressing emotions, and she said softly. , "Also, remember to miss me when you are outside."

After squeezing the delicate hand, Jiang Chen put it against his face and nodded with a smile.

"Um."