• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    5 days ago

    there isn’t exactly a replacement other than gold,

    If only there was another currency used by a number of different countries.

    What does France and Germany use? Can England back their pounds on the franc?

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      5 days ago

      What does France and Germany use? Can England back their pounds on the franc?

      Are you asking if the EU can use the euro as a reserve currency?

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        3 days ago

        I think I am, in the same way America uses its own currency. It’s working for them; until this years potential collapse, I mean.

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          America doesn’t use their own currency as a foreign currency reserve. They really don’t have much of a need for a foreign currency reserve as they have historically had a relatively stable currency and a lot of partners who are more than willing to trade in USD.

          The US has around 30-40 billion in reserve currency while the EU has somewhere between 300-400 billion.