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International Reserve Management under Rollover Crises

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  • Mauricio Barbosa-Alves
  • Javier Bianchi
  • César Sosa-Padilla

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This paper investigates how a government should manage international reserves when it faces the risk of a rollover crisis. We ask, should the government accumulate reserves or reduce debt to make itself less vulnerable? We show that the optimal policy entails initially reducing debt, followed by a subsequent increase in both debt and reserves as the government approaches a safe zone. Furthermore, we uncover that issuing additional debt to accumulate reserves can lead to a reduction in sovereign spreads.

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  • Mauricio Barbosa-Alves & Javier Bianchi & César Sosa-Padilla, 2024. "International Reserve Management under Rollover Crises," Working Papers 805, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedmwp:98384
    DOI: 10.21034/wp.805
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    1. Maeng, F. S., 2024. "Default, Inflation Expectations, and the Currency Denomination of Sovereign Bonds," Cambridge Working Papers in Economics 2438, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.

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    Keywords

    International reserves; rollover crises; Sovereign debt;
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    JEL classification:

    • E40 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - General
    • F34 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Lending and Debt Problems
    • F32 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Current Account Adjustment; Short-term Capital Movements
    • E50 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - General
    • F41 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Open Economy Macroeconomics

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