– Russia Central Bank Responds To Domestic Dollar Shortage, Starts Currency Swaps(ZeroHedge, Sep 16, 2014):
With the Ruble hitting record lows once again today against the USDollar, it appears concerns over USD liquidity are growing in Russia. The Russian central bank has unveiled an FX swap operation, allowing firms to borrow dollars in exchange for Rubles for a duration of 1 day (at a cost of 7%p.a.). Of course, this squeeze on USD funding – driven by Western sanctions – will, instead of isolating Russia, force Russian companies (finding USD transactions prohibitively expensive) into the CNY-axis, thus further strengthening the Yuanification of world trade and the ultimate demise of the USD as reserve currency.
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An article I cannot argue with, makes total sense.
The USD is finished. Only 33% of nations even use it.