Quo Vadis the role of the dollar?
PanelGlobal financial markets
2026-06-10 | 02:45 PM - 03:45 PM
Information
- Address the US dollar as a reserve asset and the Treasury as a global safe haven vs their declining roles in the international monetary system.
- How are developments in global FX markets effecting financial stability? Discuss safe asset and treasury behaviours in times of stress.
- Discuss the greenback’s structural advantages: access to a deep and liquid financial system, a robust legal framework, status as the primary reserve currency, and a dominant role in trade invoicing.
- Discuss its disadvantages, including its rival currencies: Euro, SDR, Yen, RMN, Swiss Franc, gold, etc.
- Does rapid innovation in new payment technologies, cryptocurrencies, and digitalisation act as threat to or leverage for the dollar’s international role?
- Are we headed towards a multipolar international monetary system: Quo Vadis the role of the dollar?
Speakers
Jelena Janković
Central Bank of Montenegro
Director of financial and banking operations
Maurizio Michael Habib
European Central Bank
Team lead – financial stability
Daniel Blackburn
Central Banking
News editor
Dr Elisa Vilorio Painter
Central Bank of the Dominican Republic
Economic advisor to the governor
Satine Asoyan
Central Bank of Armenia
Head of global markets risk management division
Benjamin Mosk
International Monetary Fund
Senior financial sector expert, global markets analysis division