AUGUST 15, 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of United States President Richard Nixon delinking the US dollar from gold.... The dollar accounted for 88% in paired foreign exchange currency trading in 2019 and 59% of official foreign exchange holdings.... It is widely used in trade invoicing in manufacturing but less so in services trade....

.... It measured a lower-5 on the seven-point Japanese seismic intensity scale in the Noto district

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The quake occurred at 7: 57 a.m., registering 4 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in the

tremor struck at 9: 53am and measured 3.2 on the Richter scale.... There is a[ low intensity] earthquake

The quake occurred at 6: 14 a.m., registering 4 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in

intensity scale of 7 in the prefecture's northern region, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.... Font

The cost of financing construction upgrades could double the price tag, the RAND report found.... “ Our analysis shows that not only will many hospitals have trouble meeting the near-term deadline, but many may have trouble becoming earthquake safe by the final 2030 deadline, ” said Charles Meade, lead author of the report and a senior physical scientist at RAND.... The law established specific deadlines to ensure that hospitals would remain operational following a significant earthquake. The

occurred at 04: 24 a.m. local time at a depth of 80 km, measuring lower 5 on Japan's seismic intensity

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