Alan Wheatley is an economics writer and editor based in London. He was global economics correspondent for Reuters until November 2013. In the course of a 33-year career he reported from more than 40 countries and had postings in London, Frankfurt, Paris, New York, Washington, Tokyo, Singapore and Beijing. Alan is the editor and co-author of the book The Power of Currencies, which explores the consequences of looming challenges to the dollar as the world\u2019s pre-eminent reserve currency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"