It has been estimated on the basis of the amount of indium in zinc ore stocks, there is a world reserve base of 6, 000 tonnes.
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The governor of China's central bank called for a new world reserve currency to replace the dollar , which he suggested could be issued by the IMF.
The dollar, thanks to its status as world reserve and trade currency, is making a comeback and over the last 12 months has weakened only against the Japanese Yen when compared to major currencies around the world.
There is the further issue of the quality of coal, since the majority of the world reserve is of lower thermal quality than the top-grade anthracitic coal, and will yield less energy per tonne either burned directly or in the form of syngas in ICGC plants.
Demand for US assets, especially Treasuries, has been waning since the beginning of 2011, with central banks around the world increasing reserve accumulation while dumping the greenback.
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The absence of a credible alternative to the dollar means that, despite its declining value, its status as the world's reserve currency is not seriously under threat.
It may have become the world's reserve currency, even without the backing of gold, but it has been anything but a splendid investment, especially in recent years.
For many, it's now only a matter of time before the Chinese currency displaces the dollar as the world's reserve currency - or at least becomes a major secondary reserve currency like, er, the euro or the yen.
Reagan, whose life spanned from the pre-Federal Reserve world at the time of his birth to the era of computer-driven financial innovation during his presidency, appreciated how difficult it was to achieve lasting monetary stability because he had seen the ups and downs of most of the twentieth century.
But if American energy producers are able to tap into even a fraction of this supply, our domestic energy production could well outstrip that of Saudi Arabia, which is currently the largest oil producer and exporter of total petroleum liquids in the world with a reserve base estimated around 260 billion barrels.
The Federal Reserve and Treasury may face a hard choice between domestic economic recovery and responsible stewardship of the world's global reserve currency and hence global financial stability.
He just wants to provide an alternative to the world's diminishing reserve of fossil fuels.
Last year, the area was designated a Unesco World Network of Biosphere Reserve.
Extra demand for the dollar as the world's main reserve currency has made it even easier for America to finance its current-account deficit.
"Considering the rapid depletion of the world's oil reserve, the heightened global interest in addressing greenhouse gas emissions and the geopolitical complications of global oil supply and demand, " a report by the U.S. Department of Energy concluded.
That is especially true if, as posited by Matthew Simmons in his compelling new book, Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy, much of the world's putative reserve oil in Saudi Arabia is not actually there .
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Like today, that crisis featured public profligacy, shifting economic power in the world and a cowed Federal Reserve.
The firm now thinks there are 2.8 billion tonnes, making it the seventh-largest undeveloped reserve in the world.
Hidden 1, 000 feet beneath the surface of the Rocky Mountains lies the largest untapped oil reserve in the world.
That is what QE3 might mean for the Federal Reserve and the world economy that has to deal with U.S. quantitative easing.
At that rate, the credit card giant would eclipse the U.S. Federal Reserve as the world's premier toll-taker in the currency business.
It also seemed to work, which is why nearly every major central bank in the world (except the Federal Reserve) ended up with some form of inflation target.
But, after 10 years of benign neglect, and in the face of a further easing by the Federal Reserve, the world is again looking for an alternative to the dollar.
In December of 2010 Great Britain announced the largest marine protected reserve in the world, 55 islands scattered remotely in the British Indian Ocean Territory, and called the Chagos Archipelago.
When the world relies on a single reserve currency, Triffin argued, that currency's home country must issue lots of assets (usually government bonds) to lubricate global commerce and meet the demand for reserves.
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Rio is one of the few cities in the world that has a tropical forest reserve in the middle of it.
The significance of Switzerland is that its 2, 600 tonnes of gold are the third-biggest reserve holdings in the world, after America and the euro area.
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