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Yellen says sanctions may risk U.S. dollar's hegemony

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Agence-France Presse
via Al Arabiya, Dubai
Sunday, April 16, 2023

Economic sanctions imposed on Russia and other countries by the United States put the dollar's dominance at risk as targeted nations seek an alternative, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said today.

"There is a risk when we use financial sanctions that are linked to the role of the dollar that over time it could undermine the hegemony of the dollar," Yellen said on CNN.


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"Of course it does create a desire on the part of China, of Russia, of Iran to find an alternative," she told the network's Fareed Zakaria in an interview. "But the dollar is used as a global currency" because it is "not easy for other countries to find an alternative with the same properties."

The robust U.S. capital markets and rule of law "are essential in a currency that is going to be used globally for transactions," she added. "And we haven't seen any other country that has the basic ... institutional infrastructure that would enable its currency to serve the world like this." ...

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