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Monday, June 1, 2009

Hypothetical single supranational currency

An alternative definition of a world or global currency refers to a hypothetical single global currency or supercurrency, as the proposed Terra or the Dey (acronym for Dollar Euro Yen) [3], produced and supported by a central bank which is used for all transactions around the world, regardless of the nationality of the entities (individuals, corporations, governments, or other organisations) involved in the transaction. No such official currency currently exists.
There are many different variations of the idea, including a possibility that it would be administered by a global central bank or that it would be on the gold standard. Supporters often point to the euro as an example of a supranational currency successfully implemented by a union of nations with disparate languages, cultures, and economies. Alternatively, digital gold currency can be viewed as an example of how global currency can be implemented without achieving national government consensus.
A limited alternative would be a world reserve currency issued by the International Monetary Fund, as an evolution of the existing Special Drawing Rights and used as reserve assets by all national and regional central banks. Indeed, on March 26, 2009, a UN panel called for a new global currency reserve scheme which with "greatly expanded SDR (Special Drawing Rights), with regular or cyclically adjusted emissions calibrated to the size of reserve accumulations, could contribute to global stability, economic strength and global equity.
Russia and China call for global reserve currency
On March 16, 2009, in connection with the April 2009 G20 summit, the Kremlin called for a supranational reserve currency as part of a reform of the global financial system. In a document containing proposals for the G20 meeting, it suggested that the "IMF (or an Ad Hoc Working Group of G20) should be instructed to carry out specific studies to review the following options:
Enlargement (diversification) of the list of currencies used as reserve ones, based on agreed measures to promote the development of major regional financial centers. In this context, we should consider possible establishment of specific regional mechanisms which would contribute to reducing volatility of exchange rates of such reserve currencies.
Introduction of a supra-national reserve currency to be issued by international financial institutions. It seems appropriate to consider the role of IMF in this process and to review the feasibility of and the need for measures to ensure the recognition of SDRs as a "supra-reserve" currency by the whole world community.
On March 24, 2009, Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People's Bank of China, called for "creative reform of the existing international monetary system towards an international reserve currency," believing it would "significantly reduce the risks of a future crisis and enhance crisis management capability. Zhou suggested that the IMF's Special Drawing Rights, a currency basket comprising dollars, euros, yen, and sterling and could serve as a super-sovereign reserve currency, not easily influenced by the policies of individual countries. US President Obama, however, rejected the suggestion stating that "the dollar is extraordinarily strong right now.
Arguments for a global currency
Advocates, notably Keynes, of a global currency often argue that such a currency would not suffer from inflation, which, in extreme cases, has had disastrous effects for economies. In addition, many argue that a global currency would make conducting international business more efficient and would encourage Foreign direct investment (FDI).
Arguments against a single global currency
Some economists[who?] argue that a single global currency is unworkable given the vastly different national political and economic systems in existence.

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  2. Its always been an interesting idea, but I doubt it will come to pass anytime soon. Nations with strong, stable currencies are not going to want to risk seeing their currencies devalued or destabilized by integrating with weaker currencies, like in Africa.

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  5. Very informative post. I hope soon we will be able to have a global currency, but it takes much more time to create such fair institute and orgnization.
    Probably we can take a sample from EU itself, for they succeeded to unify as one.

    Anyway good post, please keep it up.

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