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Is dollar dominance coming to an end?
The US currency has been the world's main reserve currency since the end of World War Two, but its recent drop in value has led analysts to ask whether this is changing.
The value of the US dollar has fallen in recent months.
Currencies rise and fall all the time, but since US President Donald Trump announced a raft of tariffs in early April, the drops have been sharp and dramatic.
The greenback, as the US dollar is known, has been the world’s main reserve currency since the end of World War Two.
But is this changing?
Produced and presented by Ijeoma Ndukwe
(Image: A hand holding US dollars. Credit: Getty Images)
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