Zell: Dollar’s Global Fall Will Be ‘Disastrous’ for US Living Standard

Greg Brown MoneyNews.com 3/3/2011

Billionaire real-estate magnate Sam Zell warns that Americans should brace for a “disastrous” 25 percent decline in the standard of living if the U.S. dollar’s reign as the global reserve currency ever ends.

He says that there are signs in the market that it could eventually happen. As it is now, […]

IMF calls for change in global currency to increase financial stability

International Business Times 2/11/2011

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), thinks the establishment of a new global currency would not only challenge the US dollar’s dominance but also protect the world’s financial system from future shocks and instability.

Speaking at a lecture in Washington D.C. this morning, Strauss-Kahn said that while […]

UN calls for new reserve currency

From Levine Breaking News Daily News Alert:

The United Nations called on Tuesday for a new global reserve currency to end dollar supremacy which has allowed the United States the “privilege” of building a huge trade deficit. “Important progress in managing imbalances can be made by reducing the reserve currency countrys ‘privilege’ to run external […]

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