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The U.S. sold dollars needed for international transactions by issuing Treasury debt, which is a universally fungible international medium of exchange. Virtually all transactions for oil globally had been conducted in dollars until late 2022 when Saudi Arabia began accepting [[Chinese]] yuan. This gave the U.S. an “exorbitant privilege” in that it could issue an unlimited stream of Treasury debt to the world. One of the consequences of this arrangement is that it has allowed the U.S. to spend far beyond its means, running up $32 trillion of debt since 1980, when its [[national debt]] stood at a mere $1 trillion.
The U.S. sold dollars needed for international transactions by issuing Treasury debt, which is a universally fungible international medium of exchange. Virtually all transactions for oil globally had been conducted in dollars until late 2022 when Saudi Arabia began accepting [[Chinese]] yuan. This gave the U.S. an “exorbitant privilege” in that it could issue an unlimited stream of Treasury debt to the world. One of the consequences of this arrangement is that it has allowed the U.S. to spend far beyond its means, running up $32 trillion of debt since 1980, when its [[national debt]] stood at a mere $1 trillion.
When the [[Federal Reserve]] raised [[interest rate]]s to take care of U.S. needs, it made [[capitalism|capital]] flow out of other countries, and the value of their currencies fall, forcing [[inflation]] on them. Not a single country in the world was left untouched. Many countries did not want be held hostage to the implicit and explicit negative consequences of dollar [[hegemony]], and wanted to remove the “exorbitant privilege” that they believed the U.S. abused to their individual and collective detriment.
When the [[Federal Reserve]] raised [[interest rate]]s to take care of U.S. needs, it made [[capitalism|capital]] flow out of other countries, and the value of their currencies fall, forcing [[inflation]] on them. Not a single country in the world was left untouched. Many countries did not want to be held hostage to the implicit and explicit negative consequences of dollar [[hegemony]], and wanted to remove the “exorbitant privilege” that they believed the U.S. abused to their individual and collective detriment.
===De-dollarization===
===De-dollarization===