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International currency arrangements have come under scrutiny in the aftermath of the global financial crisis The dollar has been the preeminent global reserve currency for most of ... government) debt ...

The U.S. has ... chart from Barry Eichengreen, Arnaud Mehl, and Livia Chitu, showing that the countries most reliant on U.S.