What the dollar's retreat from global dominance means for investors as gold hits new records

“The dollar may be our currency, but it’s your problem.” When John Connally, President Nixon’s Treasury Secretary, spoke these words in the 1970s, he was describing a world dominated by the dollar, where other countries had little choice but to bear the consequences of US policies. Half a century later, these words still resonate. Earlier this year, when turbulence was emanating from the United States, investors turned to the euro as a safe haven. This was of course a sign of confidence in Europe. But we also felt the costs, in the form of upward pressure on the exchange rate. Europe is more open than any other major economy. Our exports reached nearly €4 trillion last year. But this openness also makes us more exposed in a world where trade and geopolitics are increasingly intertwined, and where spillovers are often unavoidable. In this context, the international role of the euro can no longer remain a secondary question. It is central to Europe’s ability to turn the euro from a safe-haven currency into a truly g ECB PRESIDENT CHRISTINE LAGARDE DOES NOT ADDRESS CURRENT MONETARY POLICY IN PREPARED REMARKS TO BUSINESS FRANCE EVENT #ecb #europeancentralbank #christinelagarde