The End (of the Petrodollar) is Nigh...
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I see the reserve currency status as more of a bonus. You see, other countries (who don't operate reserve currencies) have valuable fiat currency. Dollars would be less valuable if you could buy oil in yuan, but they wouldn't be worthless.
Compared to what the Fed does creating money, the impact of yuan-oil won't be that much. I don't even see that change causing a 25% inflation in US currency, something that the government has caused over the past couple of years.