The Demise of the Dollar
From the Independent, UK:
The Decline of the Dollar
By Robert Fisk
In the most profound financial change in recent Middle East history, Gulf Arabs are planning — along with China, Russia, Japan and France — to end dollar dealings for oil, moving instead to a basket of currencies including the Japanese yen and Chinese yuan, the euro, gold and a new, unified currency planned for nations in the Gulf Co-operation Council, including Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Qatar.
The demise of the dollar - Business News, Business - The Independent(5 October 2009)
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