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Richard Fisher, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Speaks at Conference

Fed's Fisher welcomes China FX moves but caution needed

06/08/2012
Joseph Schuman, Reuters

China's efforts to open its currency market will benefit the country and the world economy, but policymakers must be wary of risks from volatile international capital flows, a top Federal Reserve official said.

Richard Fisher, president of the Dallas Fed, told an event at the University of California, San Diego, that he did not believe the U.S. dollar's role as the key global reserve currency would be challenged any time soon.

But he said the euro - despite the currency bloc's current difficulties - and the yuan could eventually rival the U.S. dollar.

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