Distinguishing global dollar reserves from official holdings in the United States

Robert Neil Mccauley ()

BIS Quarterly Review, 2005

Abstract: Official holdings of US dollar reserves are partly invested outside the United States. These offshore investments do not strictly speaking finance the US current account, but do support the US dollar. Offshore holdings grow fast when intervention is large.

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