The dollar fell against the euro and yen on Wednesday after major emerging economies cast doubt on its long-term future as the world’s main reserve currency, dealers said. In late morning trading in London, the European single currency climbed to 1.3867 dollars from 1.3838 dollars in New York late on Tuesday. Against the Japanese currency, the dollar slipped to 96.30 yen from 96.42 yen on Tuesday. Leaders of the so-called BRIC nations — Brazil, Russia, India and China — had on Monday called for a ‘more diversified’ currency system. ‘The BRIC leaders are divided between supporting the US dollar — as it is the only choice for now — and advancing the march for an alternative,’ said Phil McHugh, who heads the corporate foreign exchange desk at currenciesdirect.com. ‘The (BRIC) meeting… will affect future sentiment on the dollar,’ he added. Elsewhere on Wednesday, investors awaited an announcement from US President Barack Obama on reforms of the financial system. Obama was expected later in the day to propose wide reforms that would result in the Federal Reserve gaining broad powers and a national bank supervisor being created to avoid a repetition of the financial […]

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