{"id":98420,"date":"2025-11-30T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T16:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/?p=98420"},"modified":"2025-11-30T06:48:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T14:48:29","slug":"zh-post-wonders-if-us-dollar-dominance-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/prophecy\/zh-post-wonders-if-us-dollar-dominance-is-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"ZH post wonders if US dollar dominance is dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ZeroHedge posted the following:<\/p>\n

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Currency Regime Change: Is Dollar Dominance Dead?<\/h2>\n

The sages who studied the rise and fall of kingdoms would chuckle today, for the lesson is ancient:\u00a0money is the hard-earned fruit of labor<\/strong>, while\u00a0currency is merely the paper promise<\/strong>\u00a0that it still tastes good.\u00a0Money<\/strong>\u2014like\u00a0gold and silver<\/strong>\u2014is the crystallized effort of real work and real scarcity.\u00a0Currency<\/strong>, however, is its excitable younger cousin:\u00a0useful for trade, but spoiled the moment rulers discover the printing press<\/strong>.\u00a0Money is the idea; currency is the performance.<\/strong> One endures through dynasties, the other ages like milk whenever governments \u201cmanage\u201d it too enthusiastically. As Master Kong might say: \u201cHe who thinks he is saving money, but saves only currency, will one day learn the difference the hard way.\u201d In short, money keeps its virtue; currency keeps asking us to believe it still has some. …<\/p>\n

The United States holds only\u00a05% of the world\u2019s people<\/strong>, yet somehow manages to\u00a0inhale 25% of the world\u2019s consumption<\/strong>. As the Master might say, \u201cWhen one household eats like five, the neighbors will surely notice.\u201d\u00a0Americans burn through a quarter of global oil<\/strong>, nearly a third of the world\u2019s aluminum, almost a quarter of all coal, and a healthy share of copper. No wonder\u00a0nations line up at America\u2019s gate<\/strong>, eager to trade\u2014who wouldn\u2019t serve a customer with such an appetite? Europe, though\u00a0more populous, spends with the restraint<\/strong> of a scholar-official counting his brushstrokes. The EU\u2019s collective consumer spending reached $9.6 trillion in 2023, which works out to about $21,300 per person\u2014falling further in 2024. Meanwhile, the average American spends roughly $51,500, proving that while Europeans may savor life, Americans certainly buy it. …<\/p>\n

Germany\u2019s lingering fear of inflation keeps taxes high and spending cautious, a habit born from World War I scars. https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2025-11-29\/currency-regime-change-dollar-dominance-dead<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Economist<\/em> posted the following:<\/p>\n

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The dollar\u2019s dominance is being challenged more and more<\/h2>\n

For developing <\/small>countries, a weaker greenback is usually good news. Poor-country governments borrow more in dollars than rich ones, so their debt bills get slashed. In the first six months of 2025, the dollar\u2019s value fell by about 10% against other rich-world currencies. But this time things were different. Most politicians in poor countries were aghast. https:\/\/www.economist.com\/the-world-ahead\/2025\/11\/12\/the-dollars-dominance-is-being-challenged-more-and-more<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, the USA dollar is getting more and more bypassed (e.g. see\u00a0India and European Union linking up to bypass US dollar and SWIFT<\/a>) and more are looking at another currency, like the Euro, as the USA dollar’s replacement:<\/p>\n

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Can the Euro Challenge the Dollar as the World\u2019s Reserve Currency?<\/h2>\n

Some investors are turning to the euro as a hedge against US political and fiscal instability.<\/p>\n

8 October 2025<\/p>\n