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In June this year, the BRICs, the world's newest economicgrouping, ended their fi rst major summit by calling for astable, predictable and more diversifi ed internationalmonetary system. But the leaders of Brazil, Russia, Indiaand China, stopped short of criticising the world's dominantcurrency, the US dollar. The group repeated calls for abigger say in the global fi nancial system through greaterrepresentation at major institutions, such as the WorldBank.But the fi nal statement issued by the leaders made noreference to developing new reserve currencies to challengethe dollar, which Russia had called for at a separate eventearlier in the day.Analysts say that as the global recession bites, the four Bricnations are showing a growing willingness to work together.One expert claimed the signifi cance of the summit wouldbe political rather than economic(BBC News 16/6/09, adapted)

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