The world’s currency reserves were held in a slightly lop-sided way: at the end of 1971, Germany had reserves worth $17.2 billion, and Japan’s were worth $14.1 billion – 14% and 11.5% of the world’s total, respectively. In 2008, the last year for which figures are available, Japan held 23.4 % of the world’s reserves and China held 44.8%.
以今天的眼光来看，尼克松时代的问题似乎挺好对付，甚至显得微不足道。当时，全世界的货币储备分布略显不均：到1971年底，德国拥有价值172亿美元的储备，日本141亿美元，分别占世界总量的14%和11.5%。而在2008年（我们掌握数据的最近一年），日本拥有全球储备的23.4%，中国则拥有44.8%。今日的数字高得多了。