• davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    This article seems to imply that this would be just another currency, but I suspect it’s a Bancor-like unit of account for international balance of payments, and not a currency for everyday transactions.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      6 months ago

      Yeah, that’s the impression I get as well. That seems like the most likely scenario to me because I don’t think any BRICS countries would want to have a single country’s currency replace the USD. Having a Bancor style currency that’s used strictly for settlement and not owned by any country is a much more palatable solution. Especially given the tensions China and India have.

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        6 months ago

        i would hope that, having seen what the euro is like, no sane country would ever choose to voluntarily hamstring itself again by giving up control of their currency