The reserve currency status allows a country to run larger budget deficits than other countries, but this status is not permanent—the average duration is about 100 years, and it changes when the currency issuer becomes too indebted and the world's trust in that currency declines.
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Ruchir SharmaEvidence Quote
“the reserve currency is not a permanent status it's a long-term status but not a permanent status the average time that a country has been able to have the world's Reserve currency has been about 100 years”
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