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rep_movsd | 2 months ago

By forcing oil to be bought with dollars, the USD was pegged to oil demand, especially from developing nations whose consumption was growing.

Also SWIFT being a means of control of movement of funds.

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JumpCrisscross|2 months ago

> forcing oil to be bought with dollars, the USD was pegged to oil demand, especially from developing nations whose consumption was growing

If you give me one source, I'll break down why this is wrong.

(In case there isn't one, the U.S. dollar was never pegged to oil demand [whatever that means]. And nothing about petrodollar recycling thought about developing nations for one second.)

detourdog|2 months ago

Hasn’t all recent oil purchases been settled using USD. My understanding is that most countries buy US treasuries to maintain US credit ratings and to settle global trade debts.