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US Sanctions Reinforce the Dollar’s Dominance

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  • Michael P. Dooley
  • David Folkerts-Landau
  • Peter M. Garber

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Recent sanctions on the use of Russia’s international reserve assets seem likely to reduce the appeal of US dollar reserves as a “shock absorber” for international payments. But international reserves are also a means to reassure foreign investors that problematic countries will not confiscate their investments. The “collateral” motive for holding dollar reserves has been enhanced by the demonstration that the United States is willing and able to sanction misbehavior. Geopolitically risky countries now more than ever need to reassure foreign investors that their investments are safe from expropriation. We conclude that recent events will strengthen the role of the dollar as the key international reserve currency.

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  • Michael P. Dooley & David Folkerts-Landau & Peter M. Garber, 2022. "US Sanctions Reinforce the Dollar’s Dominance," NBER Working Papers 29943, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    • Handle: RePEc:nbr:nberwo:29943
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    1. Colin Weiss, 2022. "Geopolitics and the U.S. Dollar's Future as a Reserve Currency," International Finance Discussion Papers 1359, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
    2. Laser, Falk Hendrik & Mihailov, Alexander & Weidner, Jan, 2024. "Currency compositions of international reserves - recent developments," BOFIT Policy Briefs 6/2024, Bank of Finland Institute for Emerging Economies (BOFIT).
    3. Gerding, Felix & Hartley, Jonathan S., 2024. "De-dollarization? Not so fast," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 238(C).
    4. Hengxu Song & Pengfei Wang, 2023. "Can Monetary Policy Undo Asset‐freezing Sanctions?," China & World Economy, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, vol. 31(6), pages 33-55, November.
    5. Yuying Jin & Xue Meng, 2024. "Interdependence and multilateral economic sanctions," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 47(3), pages 983-1003, March.
    6. Tao Liu & Dong Lu & Liang Wang, 2023. "Hegemony or Harmony? A Unified Framework for the International Monetary System," Working Papers 202305, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Economics.

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    • F3 - International Economics - - International Finance
    • F33 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions
    • F51 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - International Conflicts; Negotiations; Sanctions

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