Diagnosing dollar dominance

USD is much more than a reserve currency

May 19 • Jess Hoversen

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Payments get BRIC-ed

You can’t outrun USD(T?)

May 8 • Jess Hoversen

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A bond by any other name

Panda and dim sum bonds pave the road to an international RMB

May 1 • Jess Hoversen

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April 2026

Swapcraft

Who gets thrown a dollar lifeline?

Apr 23 • Jess Hoversen

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Smeltdown

First sanctions reprieve for oil. Next: tariff relief for aluminum?

Apr 14 • Jess Hoversen

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Iran's obol

Stablecoins buy safe passage in the Strait of Hormuz

Apr 3 • Jess Hoversen

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March 2026

Yuan-a pay in dollars?

How China domesticated the dollar

Mar 27 • Jess Hoversen

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Great powers have great currencies

Review: Money Beyond Borders by Barry Eichengreen

Mar 17 • Sean Satterthwaite

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Not dead yet

Is a petrodollar worth a dime anymore?

Mar 12 • Jess Hoversen

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Dollars and strikes

An examination of the dollar following U.S. military strikes

Mar 4 • Jess Hoversen

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February 2026

An infinitely more terrible instrument

A brief and incomplete history of economic statecraft

Feb 26 • Jess Hoversen

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Back to the futures

Learning from China’s iron ore futures to secure USD pricing power in rare earths

Feb 19 • Jess Hoversen

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