Reserve Currency

The Big Dollar Bustout ... Is Too Big To Fail Still an Option?

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business


Eric Ehrmann

With efforts to rebrand America's national identity in the electronic media falling flat like a bad online date, taking away the dollar's too big to fail status might be the better wake up call.

No Love for Uncle Buck

Garrett Johnson | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business


Garrett Johnson

The dollar will not be allowed to collapse. Instead its decline will be managed. This will include violent corrections that will savage any dollar bear who is trying to make a quick buck.

3 Cassandras Bare Ticking Time Bombs

Dan Dorfman | Posted 08.13.2009 | Business


Dan Dorfman

According to a trio of incisive trackers of the economic and investment scene, there are several ticking fiscal time bombs -- inconspicuous, and so far ignored -- that are waiting to explode.

China Reserve Currency Proposal Formalized

Wall Street Journal | Posted 07.30.2009 | World


China's central bank reiterated its call for the creation of a new international currency that could replace currencies such as the dollar in countrie...

Dollar Doomed, Gold Glitters

Diane Francis | Posted 06.06.2009 | Business


Diane Francis

In a G2 world (the US and China), he who is the piper calls the tune and China holds a US$2-trillion mortgage on the U.S. and is not happy.

Medvedev: 'Super Currency' Should Replace Dollar

New York Times | Posted 05.03.2009 | World


So much for that fresh start. Barely 24 hours after announcing that Russia and the United States would cooperate on a host of long-simmering issues, ...

Anti-Dollar Contagion Gains Pace

Michael J. Panzner | Posted 04.24.2009 | Business


Michael J. Panzner

As was the case with the now hobbled U.S. banking system, the dollar's fortunes have long depended on the confidence of others.

China Calls For Super Reserve Currency

AP | JOE McDONALD | Posted 04.24.2009 | Business


BEIJING — China is calling for a new global currency to replace the dominant dollar, showing a growing assertiveness on revamping the world econ...