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What If the Dollar Falls?

What If the Dollar Falls?
U.S. $1 bills are seen on a light table at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, on Nov. 14, 2014. Gary Cameron/Reuters
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During the past few weeks, major countries have been moving away from the U.S. dollar, raising doubts about the dollar’s long dominant role in the world. Eight weeks ago, it was just pariah nations like Iran or Russia trying to de-dollarize. Now it’s Brazil, France, even Saudi Arabia—the lynchpin of the decades-long “petrodollar” arrangement.

Peter St Onge
Peter St Onge
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Peter St Onge is an economic research fellow in the Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation. He holds a doctorate in economics from George Mason University and is a former professor at Taiwan’s Feng Chia University. He blogs at Substack.com/@profstonge.
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