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US dollar dominance could end very fast, warn top economists. This is how

51 minutes Posted Aug 27, 2025 at 2:35 pm.

Dedollarization

Trump's policies accelerate dedollarization

Economist Barry Eichengreen

(CLIP) Barry Eichengreen on dedollarization

Gradually, and then suddenly

Erosion of dollar dominance

Decline of US economy

Rise of China

Gold: why central banks keep buying it

Western sanctions

List of reasons driving dedollarization

Trump's tariffs & US trade deficit

Trump pressures Federal Reserve

Why Trump wants low interest rates

US Treasury market volatility

Fewer foreigners want US government debt

US economy: a financial house of cards

High corporate bond yields

Reasons driving dedollarization

Inflation

Trump fires BLS chief

Mar-a-Lago Accord plans

(CLIP) Trump economic advisor Stephen Miran

Plaza Accord redux

Century bonds: de facto US debt default

Private investors de-dollarize too

Post-US dollar world

Economist Kenneth Rogoff

Trump's own Nixon shock

Multipolar financial world

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The dominance of the US dollar as the global reserve currency has been gradually declining for years, but Donald Trump's policies could rapidly accelerate de-dollarization and the transition to a more multipolar international financial order, warn even mainstream American economists like Barry Eichengreen and Kenneth Rogoff. Political economist Ben Norton reviews the evidence.

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