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Trade and money rewired

Who trades with whom, which currencies move, and where debt and savings now flow.

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012 Economy Mexico, not China, now sells America the most goods 052 Economy China's ASEAN trade is now almost double its US trade 003 Economy Central banks now hold more gold than euros or US Treasuries 017 Power China now pays the world mostly in yuan 044 Economy Migrants now send home four times more than all foreign aid 045 Economy Tether now holds more US Treasuries than the UAE 046 Economy Developing countries' interest bill has nearly tripled since 2010 038 Economy America's duty-free parcels grew almost tenfold in nine years 061 Economy Poles edge past the Japanese in income per person 095 Economy In dollars, Nigeria's economy has more than halved since 2014 079 Economy Argentina's monthly inflation fell from 25.5% to 1.9% 113 Economy Guyana now produces more per person than America
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