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Findley: The US dollar will lose reserve currency status by 2050

Keri Findley · Sal Churi, Keri Findley, and Wesley Chan: Innovators Changing Our World Right Now · Joe Lonsdale · Sep 3, 2021 · at 20:02

Fintech investor Keri Findley discusses long-term US macroeconomic risks and government debt with Joe Lonsdale.

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“It's my opinion that it won't. You know, I think we've done a lot of damage to our economy”

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The claim, plainly

The US dollar will no longer be the world's reserve currency by 2050.

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Assessment

The claim sets a stated horizon of 2050. As of the evaluation date of September 5, 2026, the deadline has not arrived. According to the IMF COFER data through Q1 2026, the U.S. dollar remains the world's primary reserve currency, holding 57.13% of allocated global foreign exchange reserves (well above the second-place euro at 20.03%). Because the stated timeframe extends to 2050, the claim cannot be resolved until the horizon is reached or the condition is definitively settled.

IMF COFER data for Q1 2026 reports the U.S. dollar holds a 57.13% share of global allocated reserves ($7.49 trillion of $13.10 trillion).
The stated deadline of 2050-12-31 remains decades in the future relative to the evaluation date of 2026-09-05.

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[1] imf.org [2] coferdata.com [3] macromicro.me [4] imf.org [5] macromicro.me [6] imf.org [7] mufgresearch.com [8] imf.org

IMF Currency Composition of Official Foreign Exchange Reserves latest data US dollar share IMF COFER US dollar share foreign exchange reserves 2024 2025 2026

assessed as of 2026-09-05

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⏳ prediction date: 2050-12-31; checked again automatically on the next resolution wave

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