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The End of the Exorbitant Privilege of the United States

As France’s finance minister in the 1960s, former French President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing complained about the “exorbitant privilege” conferred on the United States for the position of the dollar as the world’s main reserve currency. In essence, the United States could borrow at low interest rates, maintain large trade deficits persistently and finance the budget deficit by issuing money. I would never have imagined Giscard d’Estaing that one …
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As France’s finance minister in the 1960s, former French President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing complained about the “exorbitant privilege” conferred on the United States for the position of the dollar as the world’s main reserve currency. In essence, the United States could borrow at low interest rates, maintain large trade deficits persistently and finance the budget deficit by issuing money. I would never have imagined Giscard d’Estaing that one …

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