Has the Dollar ALREADY Lost Its Status As World Reserve Currency?

These are headlines from the past 2 days:

• Is China's Renminbi Already The New Reserve Currency?

• World Bank chief calls for new gold standard

• China Downgrades US Again, From AA To A+, Outlook Negative, Sees "Long-Term Recession", Blasts QE2, Expects Creditor Retaliation

• Citi: Central Banks Are Going To Start Dumping Dollars In The Coming Weeks

• ICE Starts Accepting Gold As Initial Margin Collateral For All Energy And CDS Trades

It's not yet clear whether the Renminbi, gold, SDR, Bancor or something else will eventually take the throne of the new world's reserve currency. See this and this.

And many settlements are still, obviously, being made in dollars.

But there is at least an argument that the dollar has already lost its status as world reserve currency, even if there is no ready replacement to jump into the breach.