JP Morgan's strategist Craig Cohen wrote in a report earlier this month alerting about the imminent decline of the $ as reserve currency. " we believe the dollar could lose its status as the world’s dominant currency (which could see it depreciate over the medium term) due to structural reasons as well as cyclical impediments." "Given the persistent—and rising—deficits in the United States (in both fiscal and trade), we believe the U.S. dollar could become vulnerable to a loss of value relative to a more diversified basket of currencies, including gold" the bank wrote. Unsurprisingly, this received no attention in the US media but it was covered abroad, particularly in Russia.
DE-DOLLARIZATION:
THE REVOLT AGAINST THE DOLLAR AND THE RISE OF A NEW FINANCIAL WORLD ORDER
The dollar's status as the world's preeminent currency, together with the U.S. military, has underlain American power since World War II. In a sweeping review of one of the most seminal yet least noticed developments in international affairs, Gal Luft and Anne Korin describe how an emerging coalition of revisionist countries, rogue governments, techno-visionaries and sanctioned entities, buttressed by innovations like blockchain and 5G, are working to push the dollar off of its reserve currency throne. It would not be the first time. Preceding the dollar, five consecutive currencies, each belonging to a superpower of the time, ruled the markets. Each predominated for roughly 80-100 years, and as it tumbled to irrelevance it accelerated the decline of the empire behind it. Are we due for a rerun?