The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) yesterday released its report calling for a new, international, currnecy to replace
the U. S. dollar as the world's "reserve currency."
The immediate result? The dollar has plummeted to new lows, with no bottom in sight. As a result, commodities prices have driven almost straight up,
with gold passing $1,000/ounce and climbing.
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The dollar slumped to its lowest level in almost a year on Tuesday rally in gold prices and concerns over its reserve status weighed on the US
currency.
The dollar also suffered after a report from a UN agency rekindled concerns over the currency’s reserve status and raised fears that global reserve
managers could diversify away from the US currency.
The UN Conference on Trade and Development urged the creation of a new world reserve system using several currencies rather than just the dollar, and
called for tough controls on cross-border financial flows.
UNCTAD said the system of currencies and capital rules which binds the world economy is not working properly, and was largely responsible for the
financial and economic crises. It added that the present system, under which the dollar acts as the world's reserve currency , should be subject to
a wholesale reconsideration.
The UNCTAD report is the first time a major multinational institution has posited such a suggestion. The proposals, included in UNCTAD's annual
Trade and Development Report , amount to the most radical suggestions for redesigning the global monetary system.
The report calls for a new Bretton Woods-style system of managed international exchange rates, meaning central banks would be forced to intervene and
either support or push down their currencies depending on how the rest of the world economy is behaving.
"Replacing the dollar with an artificial currency would solve some of the problems related to the potential of countries running large deficits
and would help stability," said Detlef Kotte, one of the report's authors. "But you will also need a system of managed exchange rates. Countries
should keep real exchange rates [adjusted for inflation] stable. Central banks would have to intervene and if not they would have to be told to do so
by a multilateral institution such as the International Monetary Fund."
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I hope you're out of dollars and into commodities.
jw
[edit on 8-9-2009 by jdub297]