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About a century was the U.S. dollar the dominant world currency. With the replacement of the pound as a global reserve currency lacked the greenback for decades a serious rival. With the creation of the euro changed this, the share of foreign reserve currencies held in dollars fell in the last decade to about 60%. The share of the euro increased correspondingly to over 25% (see chart on previous blog entry).

Overcoming the crisis in the euro area, better coordination of economic policies and the likely output of joint Euro-Bonds (bonds) is likely the attractiveness of the euro as an investment and reserve currency to rise. At the same time the dollar grows with the rise of China, another potential rival should the Chinese renminbi to the production of total or partial Convertibility can qualify as a global reserve currency.

Another building block in a new global reserve system, the special drawing rights (SDRs). This was increased even in the wake of the London G-20 summit by 250 billion dollars. They could continue to grow in the future and - in conjunction with the establishment of a substitution account at the IMF - countries offer the opportunity to exchange their high dollar reserves (which would reduce the weight of the dollar as a reserve currency on).

The transition to convertibility of the Chinese currency is still hampered by the high volatility of the international monetary system, then the renminbi would be exposed. If it were possible, the monetary system to stabilize such as the adoption of target zones would appear that Konvertibilitätsproblematik for China in a different light. Already, China has begun, the international use of its currency - to encourage - such as for the issue renminbi-denominated bonds in Hong Kong or in regional trade.

The President of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, an old warrior from the Bush administration failed in its today Comment but once again the crucial point: when it was just about the rest of the world to the decades-long G-7 model of floating exchange rates introduce, Zoellick wants the emerging economies, particularly China, gradually introduce the G20 to the full convertibility of their currencies. Here, the crux is yes since the early 1970s that the price of currencies - like the prices of pork - was determined in deregulated markets. This is precisely no longer wanted.