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    From russell-clark.com

    Being the reserve currency has enormous benefits. And in the entirety of financial history, the US is the first and only fiat reserve currency. Sterling, and any other reserve currencies derived their value from the ability to maintain their value to gold. With the two World Wars, the US came to be seen as the government most able to honour its commitments, and saw huge inflows of gold, but in the 1960s, gold started to flow back to Europe and elsewhere, and in essence, Nixon decided that higher interest rates needed to maintain the link to gold price was not worth the effort, and cut the link to gold price. chart ... (full story)

In an issue of trust, the Us is simply more trustworthy than China.
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It is a matter of production. Countries that produce goods are more trustworthy. Right now China is clearly in the lead.
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In an issue of trust, the Us is simply more trustworthy than China.
It "used" to be true - not so much today
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  • Posted: Mar 12, 2024 12:14am
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