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The US Uses Its Reserve Currency Status to Bully the European Union
Central bank reserve assets are like the piggy bank for an entire country. It's the emergency assets that they sell in order to raise cash to defend their own currency if necessary in a crisis. A lot of people around the world are angry about the US abusing its authority, says Julian Zelizer. There simply is no viable alternative to the US treasury market for central bank reserve assets, he says.
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