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Time for a New Global Currency?
New Global Studies (2010)
  • Warren Coats
Abstract

This article surveys the prospects and implications of the potential replacement of the U.S. dollar as the world's key currency by the IMF's Special Drawing Rights (SDR) in the context of current global imbalances.

Keywords
  • Special Drawing Rights (SDRs),
  • International Monetary Fund,
  • China,
  • United States,
  • international monetary system,
  • trade,
  • global imbalances
Publication Date
2010
Citation Information
Warren Coats. "Time for a New Global Currency?" New Global Studies Vol. 3 Iss. 1 (2010)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/warren_coats/1/