China is confident it will have a global reserve currency soon. But the dollar has proved stubbornly resistant.
Becoming the world’s reserve currency would be an important feather in China’s cap — but the U.S. dollar has resisted being pushed aside. Credit: Bruce Detorres, photo by Brent Lewin
NEW DELHI – When the billionaire investor Ray Dalio recently predicted that the Chinese renminbi will become a global reserve currency, the world took notice. It’s a prediction that the Chinese government has encouraged through its own efforts. The question now is whether the coming “Year of the Ox” will bring the decisive shifts needed to position the RMB to fulfill policymakers’ ambition.
Like a beauty pageant, the contest for reserve-currency status is one of relative attractiven
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