The "Book Keeping" part of your post is interesting to me. Lots of people think that because the category called "Credit" is called credit that it means more value. It doesn't in my opinion. What is being recorded is debts. You can't purchase something with a debt instrument, which is what USD is. You can't acquire equity in something unless you purchase it with something that has intrinsic value. It is not an accident that the USD is tied to oil. You see you can't carry oil and makes trades with it or acquire equity. That is the plan in my opinion.