A post-dollar world is coming

Currencies

The currency may look strong but its weaknesses are mounting

A post-dollar world is coming

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Ruchir Sharma (The writer is chair of Rockefeller International) This month, as the dollar surged to levels last seen nearly 20 years ago, analysts invoked the old Tina (there is no alternative) argument to predict more gains ahead for the mighty greenback. What happened two decades ago suggests the dollar is closer to peaking than rallying further. Even as US stocks fell in the dotcom bust, the dollar continued rising, before entering a decline that started in 2002 and lasted six years….