1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910826089103321

Autore

Lim Ewe-Ghee

Titolo

The Euro’s Challenge to the Dollar : : Different Views from Economists and Evidence from COFER (Currency Composition of Foreign Exchange Reserves) and Other Data / / Ewe-Ghee Lim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

1-4623-2962-4

1-4527-2088-6

1-283-51378-1

9786613826237

1-4519-0919-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (40 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Soggetti

Euro-dollar market

Foreign exchange

Exports and Imports

Finance: General

Investments: Bonds

Money and Monetary Policy

Monetary Systems

Standards

Regimes

Government and the Monetary System

Payment Systems

International Financial Markets

General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)

Current Account Adjustment

Short-term Capital Movements

Monetary economics

Finance

Investment & securities

International economics

Currencies

Currency markets

Reserve currencies

International bonds

Current account deficits

Money



Foreign exchange market

Bonds

Balance of payments

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"June 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. WHY IS THERE A NEED FOR INTERNATIONAL MONEY?""; ""III. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK�FACTORS THAT FACILITATE INTERNATIONAL CURRENCY STATUS""; ""IV. REASONS FOR THE DIFFERENT VIEWS""; ""V. EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE TO DATE ""; ""VI. MEDIUM-TERM PROSPECTS FOR THE EURO""; ""VII. CONCLUSION""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""

Sommario/riassunto

This paper examines opposing views on the euro's challenge to the dollar as an international currency. One view emphasizes Europe's large economy and diversification effects as undergirding a vigorous challenge. The other emphasizes "network externalities," particularly undergirding continued dollar dominance. The data to date support the second view but also show the euro has significantly overtaken the legacy currencies as a reserve currency. Generally, large economic size alone is insufficient to challenge the network externalities supporting vehicle currencies, but scope exists for the euro to advance as an international store of value. The paper discusses the euro's medium-term prospects.