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Russia says there's a problem with billions of rupees it has in India that need to be converted
(markets.businessinsider.com)
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The only currency I am aware of with the necessary backing, flexibility, durability, and faith is probably the Euro. I don’t know that any other currency can really gain the scope of adoption necessary to be the default reserve currency.
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Yeap, I support Euro.
As an American, I support the Euro too. It really doesn't matter what currency is used. The benefit US of having THE international currency is tiny. It means that we can't do as much to manipulate it's value (control inflation) as we'd like.
It does mean however that your sanctions go a lot further, by wielding the threat of freezing foreign dollars.
Instead of using the Euro. There should be a global reserve currency based on a basket of the world's most important currencies. USD, EUR, Chinese yuan, Indian rupee etc.
There should. The problem is that even at a smaller scale only western Europe managed to pull it off (with the ECU). South American attempts imploded because of infighting, and African and East Asian attempts are progressing but slowly. And those are attempts by countries that already agreed to be part of the same regional organizations.
The challenges the BRICS are seeing when it involves just 5 countries with a strong incentive to kick the dollar out, gives a glimpse of the mess it would be required to achieve something at a global level.
Maybe it will be more realistic when there are more regional currencies around to provide a model on how to solve conflicts.