The country could also take advantage of the world's disillusion with the dollar to promote the yuan as an international store of value and medium of exchange.

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In its function as a medium of exchange, medium of payment and store of value, gold is thus, in a sense, a timeless classic.

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The best way for the Federal Reserve to support the fundamental value of the dollar in the medium term is to pursue our dual mandate of maximum employment and price stability, and we will certainly do that.

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