World Reserve Currencies

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World Reserve Currencies

Postby AGgressive Metal » Tue Aug 02, 2011 7:55 pm

Ratio of world-wide foreign exchange reserves:

US Dollar: 60.7%
Euro: 26.6%
Pound Sterling: 4.1%
Japanese Yen: 3.8%
Swiss Franc: 0.1%
Other: 4.7%


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Dollar ($)
The United States, the originator in control of the US dollar
External adopters of the US dollar
Currencies pegged to the US dollar
Currencies pegged to the US dollar within a narrow band


Euro (€)
The Eurozone, the originator in control of the euro
External adopters of the euro
Currencies pegged to the euro
Currencies pegged to the euro within a narrow band
And he that hath lyberte ought to kepe hit wel
For nothyng is better than lyberte
For lyberte shold not be wel sold for alle the gold and syluer of all the world
-Aesop's Fables, Caxton edition 1484

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