The war was over.
The 150,000 UA soldiers stranded in Colombia finally had a chance to go home.
They had been looking forward to the Caribbean Sea blocked by Celestial Trade submarines for a long time. But what they didn't expect was that they would go home in this form …
With frustration, unwillingness, and even resentment, the UA soldiers surrendered their weapons, boarded Celestial Trade's ships in batches, and sailed to the ports of Capital and Nouveau York. General Felton, who stayed in the port of Barranquilla, saluted with a complicated expression, left behind hundreds of M1A2 tanks and various types of armored units, and left with a group of senior officers.
As the month-long war came to an end, the outcome of the Colombian Civil War also began to emerge. The UA surrendered to Xin, and the NATO Coalition Force had lost the motivation to continue to interfere in South America. The coalition forces also dispersed. After receiving an agreement from Celestial Trade to allow them to retain their equipment, they withdrew from the port of Barranquilla.
Without the support of the NATO Coalition Force, North Colombian President Vargas fled South America by plane overnight and went to Europe to seek political asylum. Almost at the same time his plane took off, North Colombia surrendered to South Colombia.
Colombia returned to unity.
For this reason, Timochenko personally called Jiang Chen and expressed his utmost gratitude in an excited voice.
"… The Colombian people will be Celestial Trade's eternal friends! I will write our friendship into the constitution. No matter how the international situation changes, we will always stand on your side! "
Timochenko was smart.
Or he saw it very clearly.
From the beginning of this war, the two parties were the two superpowers competing for hegemony. Now that the outcome had been decided, the UA lost the war. In this case, Xin would undoubtedly replace it as the hegemon of the world.
Clinging to this thigh in time was a win-win situation for him and his regime.
…
Freedom Avenue was located in the center of Coro City. Five years ago, many heroic deeds took place here. Now, this street had become a veritable financial avenue. More than five large banks and twelve large and medium-sized investment banks were located here. Many people called it the "Eastern Wall Street".
In addition to Celestial Trade itself, the financial institutions on this street were the second largest beneficiaries of this war. The originally bustling street became even more crowded at this moment, and compared to more than a month ago, there were more foreigners here.
At the corner of Freedom Avenue, outside a beautiful building in Dali City, large and small cameras and broadcast vans surrounded it. If it weren't for the maglev tunnel diverting most of the traffic pressure, it would be doubtful that so many people would be able to stand.
This was the headquarters of the Xin Reserve.
At this moment, a conference that would affect the direction of the global economy was being held here. Because the Xin Federal Reserve meeting had always been a "closed-door meeting" without any seats, both investors and reporters from financial newspapers were anxiously waiting for the results of the meeting.
In the past, every time the Federal Reserve held an interest rate meeting, the capital market would be "terrified". But at this moment, this honor was taken away by Xin. Even the vaults of the Federal Reserve were occupied by the victorious countries, and tens of trillions of assets were frozen. The voice of Wall Street was no longer important.
In the current global economic downturn, all countries needed a strong enough currency to hedge risks. It was precisely because of this that the attitude of the Xin Reserve was crucial.
If the Xin Reserve continued to cut interest rates while implementing quantitative easing and opened the floodgates to the currency market to stabilize the exchange rate, then for other countries that were suffering from the financial crisis, it would undoubtedly be suspected of taking advantage of the situation and make the economies of countries that already held large amounts of US dollars or UA Treasury bonds even worse.
Now it was certain that the interest rate would be cut. After all, the continuously rising exchange rate had seriously affected Xin's export economy. The Xin Reserve should first be responsible for domestic enterprises, followed by the overall situation of the global economy.
But now, the key to the question was how much to cut.
Finally, the door opened.
A man with an Asian face walked out quickly.
The reporters swarmed up and surrounded him, and all kinds of questions were thrown at him like cannonballs.
"Quiet, quiet." He patted the documents in his hand impatiently. Although he was only a small character (press spokesperson) who was not qualified to participate in the meeting, the expression on the man's face was quite proud, or arrogant. Because he represented a rising economy, every word he said was enough to affect the lives of everyone in the world tomorrow.
He cleared his throat and directly read the results of the meeting in Chinese.
The translator in the audience was flustered, for fear of missing or misinterpreting even a word. When it came to the most critical interest rate cut, everyone pricked up their ears and held their breath.
"… according to the decision of the Xin Reserve's shareholders' meeting, this month's interest rate cut is planned to be 0.1%, which will be implemented at noon tomorrow. We have also carefully considered the opinions of Xin and other countries' banks and investment banks. Therefore, this month's reserve will not be reduced. "
Interest rate cut by 0.1%!
The reserve will not be adjusted!
This sentence was like rain in the desert, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Don't underestimate this 0.1%. Originally, everyone expected that the Xin Reserve might directly cut interest rates by half a point to increase the total amount of money in the market and pave the way for the next quantitative easing plan.
Especially the representative from Hua, his face showed an expression of relief or joy. It seemed that his fellow countrymen were still quite moral and didn't take advantage of others. After all, if all the UA Treasury bonds were in their hands, even a wealthy central bank would be hurt …
Because of the principle of confidentiality (most people would not take the initiative to announce that they were shareholders of the Xin Reserve), an underground garage with a security level not inferior to the Presidential Palace was built downstairs of the Xin Reserve Building. After the meeting, everyone would not pass through the main entrance but leave from 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 and respectfully saluted or greeted them. Among these people, there was no lack of chairmen of groups with billions of assets, and there was no lack of financial giants with hundreds of billions of assets. But when they faced these two, no one put on airs.
After nodding slightly to show their friendliness, Jiang Chen opened the door for Xia Shiyu in a gentlemanly manner, and the two sat in the car that had been waiting for a long time.
"The Xin New dollar has begun its second round of rise. I thought you would raise interest rates by a large margin. I didn't expect you to raise interest rates by 0.1%." In the car, Xia Shiyu began to talk about the contents of the meeting. "Can you tell me what you think?"
There was no need to worry about chatting here because Ayesha was driving.
"The first stage of exchange rate stabilization has already been done. Before the gold compensation is shipped to the Xin 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 criticizing us before, and someone has to pay the price for their stupidity."
For example, the foreign companies that withdrew from Xin as soon as the 72-hour warning came out, and the international capital that shorted Xin's financial market. Now they were probably eagerly looking forward to the exchange rate of the Xin New dollar to reduce the losses caused by miscalculations.
As for the citizens of Xin who chose to stay in times of crisis (whether it was because they didn't buy tickets), Jiang Chen hoped that they would take the money to travel and enjoy life during this time. At least for the next year, the super purchasing power of the Xin New dollar was enough for any working-class Xin citizen to live a "superior" life abroad.
This victory belonged to every citizen of Xin, and they deserved the spoils of war.
"I didn't expect you to have a two-faced side." With a smirk, Xia Shiyu mocked.
"Haha, haven't you already seen my S side?" Jiang Chen smirked.
Xia Shiyu didn't respond, but Ayesha, who was driving, blushed.
Maybe she was thinking about the storm last night …
"What time is your flight?"
"Two o 'clock in the afternoon."
"Remember to be safe outside." Xia Shiyu left a kiss on Jiang Chen's lips, then her index finger gently fiddled with her temple. A hint of tenderness flashed in her eyes that weren't good at expressing emotions. She whispered, "Also, remember to think of me outside."
Jiang Chen squeezed her slender hand, put it on his face, and nodded with a smile.
"Mhmm."
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