The dollar has been falling this year, but it remains above its average level over the past 10 years.Mark Twain never actually said “Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” But the misquote is too delicious to die a natural death of its own. And nowhere is the idea behind it more relevant than in discussions of the dollar’s international role. Pundits have been saying last rites for the dollar’s global dominance since the 1960s — that is, for more than a half-century now. The point can be shown by occurrences of the phrase “demise of the dollar” in all English-language publications catalogued by Google.via