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Trade Invoicing, Bank Funding, and Central Bank Reserve Holdings

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  • Gita Gopinath
  • Jeremy C. Stein

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We develop a model that shows how the currency denomination of a country's imports influences the funding structure of its banking system, and in turn, the currency composition of its central bank's reserve holdings. The link between the dollar's role in bank funding and its role as a central bank reserve currency is stronger when the country's fiscal capacity is limited, and when exchange rates are volatile. In the data, there is a pronounced cross-country relationship between the fraction of imports that are dollar invoiced, and the fraction of central-bank foreign-exchange reserves that are held in dollars.

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  • Gita Gopinath & Jeremy C. Stein, 2018. "Trade Invoicing, Bank Funding, and Central Bank Reserve Holdings," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 108, pages 542-546, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:apandp:v:108:y:2018:p:542-46
    Note: DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20181065
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    JEL classification:

    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages

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