The prospect of a new world currency has been gaining traction, with the BRICS alliance exploring the idea of an innovative currency. The group of nations plans to share proposals at a forthcoming ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about economic policy for the 21st century. At a G8 world currency meeting in 2009, Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev ...

LONDON, June 17 (Reuters) - A weakening U.S. dollar is lifting a long-neglected asset class - emerging market local currency debt - after a more than decade-long drought. Emerging market local - ...

The euro shows both the promises and pitfalls of unified currency systems. Economic sovereignty remains a key barrier to ...

The International Finance Corporation, the World Bank's private investment arm, is expanding its local-currency lending and ...

The rise of China as an economic powerhouse in global trade in recent decades has sparked concerns about the long-term status of the U.S. dollar as the world’s primary reserve currency, which it has ...

Talk about privilege. The dollar is not just the currency of the United States; it is what's called the world's "reserve currency," where people and institutions park their money. But there's concern ...

Expectations are high for the dollar to lose its leading reserve currency status in the next five to 15 years. For decades, the U.S. dollar has enjoyed a unique status as the world's dominant reserve ...

Stablecoins could help the U.S. dollar stay the world’s No. 1 reserve currency, but not in the way that many have assumed, according to Deutsche Bank Research. U.S. policymakers in July touted the ...