| The era of US Dollar towards it end. | | | | 28 years time. It plunges against several other |
| The world is confronted with a painful detachment | | | | important currencies like Euro, Japanese Yen, Chinese |
| from the US economy in the near future. | | | | Yuan and Swiss Franc. |
| Together with China, Russia, Japan and France, | | | | The gold also has climbed over 1000 USD pr Onze. |
| several Middle East Arab states have taken the | | | | As said, the solution is not a new currency by itself, |
| initiative to detach the oil from the US Dollar. | | | | but a lower trade deficit in the USA and a lower |
| They want to trade the black gold in a currency | | | | trade surplus in the rest of the world. |
| basket consisting of Japanese Yen, Chinese Yuan, | | | | The world has realized that USA cannot continue to |
| Euro, Gold together with a new common currency | | | | live beyond what it produces of values. They have |
| planned established for the Middle East Gulf States. | | | | to spend according to their abilities. |
| The challenge goes much wider than the currency | | | | A readjustment of the global trade flows will be |
| market alone as this expresses and end to the faith | | | | needed, and the US dollar will drop from its artificial |
| in the American economy and that the US Dollar | | | | level today to a more sustainable level over a longer |
| exits the era of being the controlling currency in the | | | | term. |
| world. | | | | Experts are of the opinion that the US Dollar should |
| The problem is not only solved by the establishment | | | | be adjusted down with around 50% from |
| of new currencies as the international trade exchange | | | | today’s level towards the main currencies in the |
| creates this situation and needs to be part of the | | | | world. |
| solution for this as well. | | | | This will be the reality at the moment the trade |
| USA has long time based their economy on a big | | | | balance out in the USA. How long time this will take, |
| trade deficit which grows every Year. The country | | | | is not easy to say, however there are signals in the |
| imports more than it exports Abroad. | | | | Obama administration that something has to be done |
| Since the beginning of 1980 the Americans have been | | | | and that is fast. |
| willing to buy big amounts of products from Asia | | | | Ideally we would look at a 5% reduction pr year of |
| amongst others and USA has paid with Bonds in | | | | the US Dollar against other key currencies. That will |
| return. These State bonds represent USA loan | | | | mean that within 10 years this should be the Fact. |
| papers to the country in question. The excess | | | | However it is probably too fast for the USA, as their |
| amount of dollars comes as a consequence of the | | | | economic challenges will be formidable during this |
| trade pattern that base itself upon the fact that USA | | | | process and any administration would need to set |
| is allowed to continue with a large deficit in their | | | | extraordinary measures into the economy to be able |
| trade Balance. | | | | to handle this fact. |
| So far, this has been a solution everybody have | | | | It will be a very painful change for both the USA and |
| been happy with as long as the Americans were | | | | the reset of the world as the purchase power of the |
| willing to put themselves into debt. | | | | American will be low and they can not afford to |
| The payment from USA is not anchored in Gold or | | | | import products in the rate they do today, in addition |
| any other factual Values. They are only anchored in a | | | | to that they have to reduce import to create a |
| faith that the US Dollar will remain strong in the world | | | | trade balance in the USA. |
| Economy. | | | | Especially economies relying on export to the USA will |
| At the moment this faith is no longer there amongst | | | | be hurt the most, and the Asian economy is very |
| the primary trade partners of USA. | | | | reliant upon a strong USA. The ripple effects will |
| The main reason is that there is no measure in US | | | | probably be enormous and magnitudes larger than |
| State budget to handle the bigger and bigger trade | | | | we experienced in the recession started in 3rd |
| deficit that grows by the minute. Therefore main | | | | quarter of 2008 and still is in effect in 3rd quarter of |
| players within oil and gas begins to question whether | | | | 2009. |
| their goods should be priced in a currency they no | | | | Millions of workers will be out of work all over the |
| longer can have faith in. | | | | world, and there is already high numbers many places |
| The US dollar is put into the scrutiny and several G20 | | | | around the globe. |
| nations begin to question the fundamentals of the US | | | | Some changes have already been taken as a |
| Dollar and its future. | | | | consequence of the financial shake down at the |
| If these countries no longer will accept the US dollar | | | | Moment. China has started several crisis efforts like |
| as payment, it will collapse, simple as that. If they no | | | | building the infrastructure in the country to boost the |
| longer will sell the oil and gas in US Dollar, the | | | | domestic demand. But there is a limit how much |
| Americans can no longer buy as much oil and gas as | | | | domestic economic packages you can initiate and |
| before. They simply can’t afford it, as the dollar | | | | perform as it demands lots from the domestic state |
| will no longer be as valuable as it was before. | | | | budgets as well. |
| This can mean that there will be a surplus of oil and | | | | The future lies in the service industry were one has |
| gas in the market and the prices will drop, at the | | | | to adjust to domestic needs. This means that |
| same time as the USA must accelerate their efforts | | | | Chinese workers producing brand products for the |
| to find alternative energy forms for their industry, | | | | USA or Europe needs to change production and begin |
| residential and for transport. | | | | to provide primary domestic services like health care |
| The dollar is now at its weakest against the Pound in | | | | and education and so on. |