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Trends in Global Foreign Currency Reserves

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    (Reserve Bank of Australia)

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Over the decade to 2014, global foreign currency reserves doubled relative to GDP, though balances have declined a little since then. Accompanying this growth has been a shift in the composition of reserves towards higher-yielding assets, including equities and non-traditional reserve currencies, such as the Australian dollar. This article examines the overall growth trend as well as the potential causes of the compositional shift in reserves, including a decline in yields offered by traditional reserve assets and higher reserve balances.

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  • David Sunner, 2017. "Trends in Global Foreign Currency Reserves," RBA Bulletin (Print copy discontinued), Reserve Bank of Australia, pages 75-84, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:rba:rbabul:sep2017-09
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    2. Cangoz,Mehmet Coskun & Sulla,Olga & Wang,ChunLan & Dychala,Christopher Benjamin, 2019. "A Joint Foreign Currency Risk Management Approach for Sovereign Assets and Liabilities," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8728, The World Bank.
    3. Nikolova, Irena, 2021. "Impact of Covid Pandemic on Foreign Exchange Reserves," MPRA Paper 111261, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2021.

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