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Every five years, the IMF reconsiders its composition, which currently is defined in terms of the dollar, euro, yen, and pound.
Meanwhile, Brazilian authorities also faced currency appreciation – the real appreciated by 40% against the dollar in 2009-2011 – as well as rising inflation.
The euro has strengthened by nearly 10% against the dollar since European Central Bank President Mario Draghi vowed on July 26 to do “whatever it takes” to hold the currency together.
If the “Growth Eight” economies expanded by 10% on average in US dollar terms, they would add $1.5 trillion to global GDP next year.
Unless the renminbi falls in value, this translates into an average nominal increase of at least 10-11% in dollar terms.
As part of its quest for a global currency that could rival the dollar or the euro, a cash-rich China plans to extend renminbi loans to the other BRICS members.
If declining confidence in US fiscal policy leads to a weaker dollar, Europe and Asia may find it more difficult to export, and if the deficits prove a drag on the American economy, global growth may stall.
A moment may come when foreign investors do not believe that their sterling or dollar assets are protected against inflation, and at that point their willingness to hold low-yield sterling and dollar assets will end.
And the euro is the only real alternative to the dollar as an international currency.
Eurozone financial markets have stabilized, and the euro has appreciated against the dollar and the yen.
US Treasury bonds rose, and the dollar, Swiss franc, and yen appreciated, most markedly against sterling.
In Kenya, Tax Inspectors Without Borders, a project led by the OECD, found that every dollar spent working with authorities on cracking down on tax avoidance produced $1,290 in increased revenues.
But if high interest rates are causing the Euro's rise, why was the dollar appreciating in periods when the US Federal Reserve cut rates aggressively?
The US economy was flying in the 1990s, when the dollar was strong.
As was true for Germany and the Deutsche Mark and remains true for Japan and the yen, a strong dollar has not historically caused weak US growth.
Founded in 1944 and financed by its member governments, the IMF was designed as a type of insurance arrangement to support a system of fixed exchange rates based on the American dollar and, ultimately, on gold.
The IMF has transformed itself into a purveyor of aid in the form of dollar loans to the rulers of the Third and postcommunist worlds.
The Devaluation Delusion Revisited"The dollar is our currency and your problem."
What John Connolly's bluntness reflected was America's ability--and willingness--to export its economic problems by driving down the dollar's value while scapegoating countries opposed to that strategy.
Like the Nixon/Connolly team, the Bush administration is responding to America's massive budget and trade deficits by letting the dollar fall--and hard --while it also tries to distract attention from its responsibility by pointing an accusing finger at China as the cause for both US joblessness and deflationary pressures.
They are not imported and cannot be fixed merely by changing the dollar's value.
Too timid to undertake serious reforms at home, Japanese authorities fight to keep the yen's value as low as possible against the dollar and rival Asian currencies.
But this won't provide the quick fix that the Bush administration yearns for, because a declining dollar need not bring about an equivalent rise in the price of US imports.
Because these countries are keen to maintain their share in the world's biggest market, they often absorb the effect of a drop in the dollar by cutting their profits rather than raise prices.
Moreover, if China decided to sell its dollar holdings, the bond market would discount US government securities, raising US long-term interest rates and canceling much (perhaps all) of whatever stimulus has been provided by the dollar's depreciation.
To fix its domestic problems, America must tighten its budget, not drive down the dollar's value.
Every single dollar has to be documented - again.
Many middle-income countries’ central banks are hoarding dollars today in order to prevent their currencies from appreciating too much against the sinking dollar.
Even Latin American governments now hold enough dollar reserve assets to buy out Europe’s shares in the Fund.
They might, and they should, even if global financial markets take time to adjust to a slightly smaller role for the dollar.
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