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Lower reserves share not a sign of dollar’s decline – paper

Growth of FX coffers in countries holding fewer greenbacks dilutes currency’s share, NBER study finds

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The dollar’s declining share in global central bank reserves does not indicate that the currency is losing its leading role in the international monetary system, a study by the US National Bureau of Economic Research argues.

In a paper published this week, economists Linda Goldberg and Oliver Hannaoui find that the dollar’s share of foreign exchange reserves at a globally aggregated level has declined in recent years. However, they argue that commentaries citing this as a sign of the greenback’s

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