FT: Dollar on the edge: Kenneth Rogoff on Trump, sanctions, and a coming storm

Is the age of dollar dominance coming to an end? In this must-watch episode of The Economics Show, FT’s Martin Wolf sits down with Harvard economist and former IMF chief Kenneth Rogoff to unpack why the greenback’s global supremacy is under threat—and why Trump’s return could trigger a financial reckoning. From weaponised sanctions and ballooning deficits to the eerie echoes of Nixon’s 1970s “shock,” Rogoff warns of a turbulent transition, rising inflation, and a credibility crisis that could upend global finance. Is the US now its own biggest risk?

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