US dollars the means of world trade
May soon usher in the
Yuan (or renminbi)
For cross-border bills to be paid.
China's currency may soon become a medium of regional if not global trade, writes Barry Eichengreen in the Wall Street Journal. He argues that three factors led to the dollar's heretofore exclusive role: the depth of US securities markets (including Treasuries as well as the instruments for hedging risk); safety, particularly in times of international crisis; and the lack of alternatives. China's growth may soon bring it the first two attributes, while making the third irrelevant. The Euro, meanwhile, is even closer to becoming a dollar alternative.
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