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17 Ohio St. Bus. L.J. 354 (2023)
At the Cliff's Edge: The Growing Threat of Losing Primary Reserve Status

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AT   THE   CLIFF'S  EDGE:   THE   GROWING THREAT
      OF  LOSING   PRIMARY RESERVE STATUS


                      COLTON MILAM*


                    TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................ 355
II. HISTORY AND BACKGROUND...................................................... 357
  A. An Introduction to Reserve Currencies ................................ 357
  B. How the U.S. Achieved and Maintained Primary Reserve Status
  .................................................................................................... 358
  C . The R ise  of  BRICS................................................................. 362
  D. Where We Are Today ............................................................ 363
  E. Looking Ahead to Growing Threats ...................................... 366
  F. Failure of the Euro and Renminbi......................................... 367
III. THE YELLOW BRICS ROAD TO A MULTI-RESERVE CURRENCY 368
  A. The Growing Agenda of BRICS............................................ 368
    1. Economic Reform............................................................... 370
    2. BRICS Have Been Pushed to Find an Alternative to SWIFT
    ........................             ........... ............ 371
  B. The Structural Power of BRICS............................................ 372
  C. New Development Bank: Channels of Social Interaction..... 374
IV. THE THREAT OF EVOLVING GLOBAL ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE376
  A.   The Petrodollar is Threatened as the Global Economy
  Diversifies................................................................................... 376
  B. Currency Convertibility and Rising Threats......................... 378
V. WARS TEND TO SHIFT THE POWER OF RESERVE CURRENCIES.... 379
  A. War and Currency Reserve Shifts......................................... 380
  B.   The  Invasion of Ukraine and its Contribution to the
  Deterioration of Dollar Hegemony ............................................ 381
  C. BRICS Response to Ukraine ................................................. 382
    1. Possible Implications ......................................................... 383
VI. THE FEDERAL RESERVE'S RESPONSE........................................ 383
  A. Federal Reserve Intervention................................................ 383
  B. The Third Unwritten Mandate .............................................. 384
    1. Financial Stability has Been a Concern of the Fed for Years
    .....................................385
  C. Financial Stability is Common Practice in the UK Following the
  G reat R ecession  .......................................................................... 385

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