reserve currency

Historically, what are the lifecycle stages of a global reserve currency and where in that cycle is the US Dollar currently? Please answer in the form of an essay and include citations to any reference material.

Conspiracy theories about a so called New World Order (NWO) and a one world currency have been around for a long, long time. So long that most people, who are not disposed to giving conspiracies a moment's thought, and who have been paying attention to the global economic news, have to be a...

http://www.financeasia.com/News/276911,hong-kong-starts-trading-gold-in-renminbi.aspx It's not clear from the article is this is part of the PAGE or not. It will be interesting to see if this impacts demand for physical gold in Asia.