[Bhagwan Prechter]

UN Says New Currency Is Needed to Fix Broken ‘Confidence Game’
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By Jonathan Tirone

Sept. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar’s role in international trade should be reduced by establishing a new currency to protect emerging markets from the “confidence game” of financial speculation, the United Nations said.

UN countries should agree on the creation of a global reserve bank to issue the currency and to monitor the national exchange rates of its members, the Geneva-based UN Conference on Trade and Development said today in a report.

China, India, Brazil and Russia this year called for a replacement to the dollar as the main reserve currency after the financial crisis sparked by the collapse of the U.S. mortgage market led to the worst global recession since World War II. China, the world’s largest holder of dollar reserves, said a supranational currency such as the International Monetary Fund’s special drawing rights, or SDRs, may add stability.

“There’s a much better chance of achieving a stable pattern of exchange rates in a multilaterally-agreed framework for exchange-rate management,” Heiner Flassbeck, co-author of the report and a UNCTAD director, said in an interview from Geneva. “An initiative equivalent to Bretton Woods or the European Monetary System is needed.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206...id=aSp9VoPeHquI

[bearking]

Why don't they just do it and stop the jaw flappin'!

[Bigturtle]

IMHO, those nations call for an alternate currency because they want a bigger share of the pie (benefits from reserve fiat currency). They want some privilages which they saw USA had - print money. None of them is calling for gold standard which destroys their very own printing press. Therefore, due to this conflict of interest and US deflation, US$ is temporarily safe. We should see US$ appreciate against most currencies. None of those nations calling for a new reserve currency is willing to sacrifice for their neighbors' good.

[Bluzbear]

Lets change the paper, color of ink and location of printing press.

Gotta love the thinking outside of the box.

[Bhagwan Prechter]

Bluzbear, on Sep 8 2009, 03:32 AM, said:

Lets change the paper, color of ink and location of printing press.

Gotta love the thinking outside of the box.

Exactly!