Enthusiasts argue it will thereby end the privileges Americans have reaped from having the world's only reserve currency such as steering the international monetary system and running unlimited trade deficits.

ECONOMIST: That awkward relationship

When will Washington policymakers come to grips with the deadly one-two punch the Federal Reserve Board and the International Monetary Fund are inflicting on the rest of the world?

FORBES: Fact and Comment

Many wonder if the U.S. Federal Reserve will back off on monetary easing when other major central banks of the world are stepping harder on their easy-money accelerators to reinvigorate their economies.

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