Central bank report tells South Korea to prepare for dollar’s fade
February 28, 2010 by goldguru · Leave a Comment
South Korean Central Bank: Dollar Status May Fade over Time
From Reuters
SEOUL, South Korea — The U.S. dollar will likely remain the world’s leading reserve currency for the next five to 10 years but may lose its edge over a longer period, a South Korean central bank report published on Sunday said.
The world could see multiple reserve currencies sharing the leading status 20 to 30 years from now, due to weakening confidence towards the dollar and the rising influence of other currencies such as the euro and yuan, it said.
“The global monetary order is expected to enter into a multi-currency system with currencies such as the dollar, euro, and yuan competing to become the leading reserve currency,” the Bank of Korea report said.
It said the weight of dollar assets in global foreign reserves had already fallen to 61.6 percent by the end of September 2009 from more than 80 percent in 1977, whereas the euro has risen to 27.7 percent from 17.9 percent in 1999.
It is rare for the Bank of Korea, which manages the world’s sixth-biggest foreign reserves, to publish a report commenting on such a sensitive topic, although the authors said the paper did not necessarily represent the central bank’s stance.
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