1.0Liberty Street Economicshttps://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.orgblog authorhttps://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/author/blog-author/What If the U.S. Dollar's Global Role Changed? - Liberty Street Economicsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Jc2zPCJtUd"><a href="https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2011/10/what-if-the-us-dollars-global-role-changed/">What If the U.S. Dollar’s Global Role Changed?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2011/10/what-if-the-us-dollars-global-role-changed/embed/#?secret=Jc2zPCJtUd" width="600" height="338" title="“What If the U.S. Dollar’s Global Role Changed?” — Liberty Street Economics" data-secret="Jc2zPCJtUd" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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It isn’t surprising that the dollar is always in the news, given the prominence of the United States in the global economy and how often the dollar is used in transactions around the world (as discussed in a 2010 Current Issues article).