| A U.N. panel will next week recommend that the world ditch the dollar as its reserve currency in favor of a shared basket of currencies adding to pressure on the dollar. Central banks hold their reserves in a variety of currencies and gold, but the dollar has dominated as the most convincing store of value -- though its rate has wavered in recent years as Bush ran up twin budget and external deficits. |
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