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Roughly 58–60% of the foreign exchange reserves held by central banks worldwide are denominated in a single currency, whose issuing country runs the global trade and commodity settlement infrastructure.

What is this currency?

US Dollar (USD)
The dollar's reserve currency status, established by the Bretton Woods Agreement in 1944, grants the United States what economists call an 'exorbitant privilege,' and it remains the cornerstone of global finance to this day.
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