Dollar hits highest share international payments, March 2026: 51.1% RECORD

[putnam6]

Sounds as ifthe death ofthe dollar was greatly exzaggerated at least for now

Jack Prandelli
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? USD share of global transactions:

February 2026: 49.2%
March 2026: 51.1% RECORD

The dollar hit its highest share of international payments.

The world isn't replacing the dollar.

It's building more infrastructure that requires the dollar.

More US LNG → more dollar-denominated energy trade.

More sanctions risk → more dollar-clearing dependency.

More geopolitical fear → more dollar safe-haven flows.

De-dollarization is a direction.

Not a destination anyone is arriving at.

I wrote a nice article about is last week:
https://themerchantsnews.substack.com/p/...he?r=tf0g2

[SomeStupidName]

It will be interesting to see if our new oil market will have a major impact on our GDP as well.

[putnam6]

It will be interesting to see if our new oil market will have a major impact on our GDP as well.

We (the left) gave the EPA too much power.

Between refinery and nuclear energy regulations, we could have had cleaner energy decades ago.

[ReturnofBroccoli]

We (the left) gave the EPA too much power.

Between refinery and nuclear energy regulations, we could have had cleaner energy decades ago.

Is any of this *DOW etc* even going to matter once the U.S. perfects nuclear fusion. Why is nobody even talking about that anymore. Unless.... we already have it figured out and are going to "savior" the world with it after this Iran conflict. Man, that would really kick Iran's ass if we did though lol We'd probably have started with that surely. Oh well, question remains though, is any of this going to matter once we permanently harness nuclear fusion?

I believe the death of the dollar will always be an exaggeration and even the regulations and crypto frameworks are being built to back the dollar now

[SomeStupidName]

Is any of this *DOW etc* even going to matter once the U.S. perfects nuclear fusion. Why is nobody even talking about that anymore. Unless.... we already have it figured out and are going to "savior" the world with it after this Iran conflict. Man, that would really kick Iran's ass if we did though lol We'd probably have started with that surely. Oh well, question remains though, is any of this going to matter once we permanently harness nuclear fusion?

I believe the death of the dollar will always be an exaggeration and even the regulations and crypto frameworks are being built to back the dollar now

Well a few of those scientist did just go missing right? Yeah fusion will be the game changer and the money and effort dumped into wind and solar was a mistake when we are so close to it being commercially viable. It's almost like they tried to spend all the money so we couldn't afford the new fusion plants that would replace the coal and fission plants that were in operation.

[putnam6]

Is any of this *DOW etc* even going to matter once the U.S. perfects nuclear fusion. Why is nobody even talking about that anymore. Unless.... we already have it figured out and are going to "savior" the world with it after this Iran conflict. Man, that would really kick Iran's ass if we did though lol We'd probably have started with that surely. Oh well, question remains though, is any of this going to matter once we permanently harness nuclear fusion?

I believe the death of the dollar will always be an exaggeration and even the regulations and crypto frameworks are being built to back the dollar now

If we didn't have Three Mile Island and, to a lesser extent, Chernobyl, we wouldn't have paralyzed nuclear power with overregulation, and we might be using nuclear energy in so many different ways industrially and or residentially.

Nuclear power, fully developed over the last 40-50 years could have been life altering.

[BeyondKnowledge]

Is any of this *DOW etc* even going to matter once the U.S. perfects nuclear fusion. Why is nobody even talking about that anymore. Unless.... we already have it figured out and are going to "savior" the world with it after this Iran conflict. Man, that would really kick Iran's ass if we did though lol We'd probably have started with that surely. Oh well, question remains though, is any of this going to matter once we permanently harness nuclear fusion?

I believe the death of the dollar will always be an exaggeration and even the regulations and crypto frameworks are being built to back the dollar now

I usually get some news on atomic fusion energy about twice a month or so. It is progressing slowly towards being a working energy source. 

Then again, I get videos about how the regulations stiffeled the fission reactor development and construction. The problem with fission is the people running the reactor programs. They are only human and make mistakes. Without regulation Three Mile Island would have been much worse.

Chernobyl was just the operators being forced to attempt too many things not in the operating manual by someone in charge that did not know what could happen.

Then we have Fukushima that for some reason had the backup generators in the basement in an are that could flood. That too was a design choice by the management. 

When you have a bad enough problem with a fission reactor, you get a gift that keeps on giving, radioactive particles.

A fusion reactor will just burn out the reactor and stop. That is the biggest difference in safety. 

I already live in an area less than 30 miles from one fission reactor installation and within 50 of two more. That is more than enough should anything go really wrong with one reactor.

I want my Mr. Fusion thank you.