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International authorities created a synthetic reserve asset

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When normal currency fails, bureaucrats just invent a completely new one. The global monetary fund uses a theoretical basket of major currencies to provide emergency liquidity to struggling nations without printing physical paper.

International authorities created a synthetic reserve asset
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