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by kelseyfrog 1575 days ago
Interesting! Would it be fair to say that on one hand the US is incentivized to have the US dollar maintain its role as the main reserve currency because it enables access to lower lending rates, but on the other hand too much dollar dominance exposes the US to greater risk?
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No, the US gets low rates because of the stability and strength of its economy i.e. both reserve currency use and low interest rates are effects, not causes.

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/ben-bernanke/2016/01/07/the-d...