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> Every time I hear people claiming India and China now not using dollar and the end of dollar’s dominance, I feel it’s coming from mostly clickbait headlines

I would encourage you to actually take a gander at the history of reserve currencies, how long they last, how they lose their reserve status, and what the current state of thinking around where the dollar is headed.

Unless you would classify the IMF as a clickbait farm, of course.

Start with the brit. pound and what led its downfall to the niche financial instrument it is today.

But the pound is just the latest, and by no mean the only one.

Here are a few links to get you started:

https://marketcap.com.au/history-world-reserve-currencies/

https://www.economicprinciples.org/DalioChangingWorldOrderCh...

Barry Eichengreen – “Exorbitant Privilege”

https://www.imf.org/en/publications/departmental-papers-poli...





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