The first year of Donald Trump's return to the US presidency has seen a notable decline in the value of the dollar and an increase in US debt interest rates, but by no means can it be considered an unprecedented fall. Despite Washington's threats to close US allies—such as Denmark—the trade war, military interventions in Venezuela and Iran, and attacks on the independence of the Federal Reserve (the Fed, the US central bank), the greenback has leveraged its dominant position as a safe-haven currency to maintain its strength.

CaixaBank will launch a cryptocurrency next year along with eight other European banks. The new digital currency will fall into the category of stablecoins, which, unlike Bitcoin and Ether, among others, avoid volatility and variability by being linked to stable assets. In this case, in which the Catalan financial institution creates a consortium based in the Netherlands together with ING, Banca Sella, KBC, Danske Bank, DekaBank, UniCredit, SEB and Raiffeisen Bank, the reference currency will be the euro. The plan is expected to be operational next year.

Any increase in assets must be justified. Under this principle, the Treasury also requires that wedding gifts be declared, ranging from bank transfers or cash to tangible gifts. The situation is the same for gifts given at baptisms or first communions, if they reach a high value.

I remember, a while back, hearing the writer Cristina Morales explain that if they wanted to send her a job offer, whether it was to invite her to a festival, a talk, or a dialogue, they should write the estimated amount in the subject line of the email. So, yes: along with the subject ("Poetry recital for festival X"), they should add how much money they were offering for the job. She said that, otherwise, she wouldn't bother opening it. At the time, it seemed exaggerated, a bit over the top, but in time I have to agree. We order the whole loaf of bread to get crumbs, you know, and now I'm happy if they tell me in the body of the email, without me having to ask, how much they'll pay me. However, normally you have to respond with, "Excuse me, what's your budget?" or "Do you plan on paying fees?" with fear, as if I were asking for the wrong thing.

Catalan actress Anna Castillo sat on the sofa this Tuesday night The revolt to present the new series Your Majesty. But before getting into the subject, Broncano asked her the "classic questions" about money and sexual activity regarding all the guests when they visit the RTVE program. With the naturalness that characterizes her, the interpreter seemed disconcerted by the questions. Even so, she answered the questionnaire with "forcefulness", according to the presenter.