 thereby weakening the U.S. dollar's favored position as world reserve currency. You know, when I reported this to Prophecy Today listeners, I was surprised that this development was downplayed by the financial mainstream press, because this is really a very big deal. The important point here is that Saudi Arabia, along with the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Iran, joined the BRICS. Now, the BRICS is originally made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.