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A monetary unit containing 100 cents, adopted
as the standard unit in the USA in 1785; also
by Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, and a number
of other countries. Large reserves of US
dollars accumulated in Asia. Singapore became
from 1968 the centre of the Asian dollar
market, working in cooperation with London.
Following the depreciation of the US dollar
after the Vietnam War expenditure and the oil
crisis of 1973, the European monetary system
became anchored to the German mark, and in
Asia the Japanese yen became important as a
trading currency. See also Eurodollar.