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Reserve Adequacy in Emerging Market Economics

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This paper analyzes reserve adequacy in emerging market countries. It argues that the old rule of thumb of maintaining reserves equivalent to three months of imports has become obsolete and that, instead, a new benchmark is needed which takes into account the increased importance of capital flows. The paper suggests such a benchmark, consisting of the sum of short-term debt on a residual maturity basis (the external drain) and an allowance for possible capital flight (the internal drain), taking into account differences in country risk and exchange rate regime.

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  • International Monetary Fund, 2001. "Reserve Adequacy in Emerging Market Economics," IMF Working Papers 2001/143, International Monetary Fund.
    • Handle: RePEc:imf:imfwpa:2001/143
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    2. Julián David García-Pulgarín & Javier Gómez-Restrepo & Daniel Vela-Barón, 2015. "An Asset Allocation Framework with Tranches for Foreign Reserves," Borradores de Economia 13440, Banco de la Republica.
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    4. Camilo González & Luisa F. Silva & Carmiña O. Vargas & Andrés M. Velasco, 2013. "An exploration on interbank markets and the operational framework of monetary policy in Colombia," Borradores de Economia 782, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
    5. International Monetary Fund, 2012. "Algeria: Selected Issues Paper," IMF Staff Country Reports 2012/022, International Monetary Fund.
    6. Javier Gómez Restrepo & Juan Sebastián Rojas Bohorquez, 2013. "Assessing Reserve Adequacy: The Colombian Case," Borradores de Economia 10981, Banco de la Republica.
    7. Ku-Hsieh Chen & Joe-Ming Lee & Cheng-Huan You, 2014. "Who upholds the surging gold price? The role of the central bank worldwide," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 46(22), pages 2557-2575, August.
    8. Pontines, Victor & Rajan, Ramkishen S., 2011. "Foreign exchange market intervention and reserve accumulation in emerging Asia: Is there evidence of fear of appreciation?," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 111(3), pages 252-255, June.

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