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  "title": "Top economist on how China should prep for dollar era’s end",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/top-economist-on-how-china-should-prep-for-dollar-eras-end",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-20T05:03:28.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/plus/economy/china-economy/article/3364644/top-economist-how-china-should-prep-dollar-eras-end"
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  "summary": "Barry Eichengreen is a leading American economist and one of the world’s foremost experts on international monetary systems. He is a professor of economics and political science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 1987. He served as a senior policy adviser at the International Monetary Fund in 1997-98. Here, he discusses why today’s “de-dollarisation” talk is…",
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        "outlet": "FXStreet",
        "title": "New Zealand Dollar gathers strength to near 0.5950 after China holds loan rates steady in August",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/new-zealand-dollar-gathers-strength-to-near-0-5950-after-china-holds",
        "published": "2026-08-20T02:38:06.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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