Fund Transactions and Reserve Creation

Author/Editor:

Samir Fawzi

Publication Date:

December 1, 1992

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Summary:

This paper describes the effects of Fund transactions on members’ external reserves, estimates the net reserve creation or absorption by the Fund in the 1980s, and compares the role of the Fund in this respect with that of other sources of international reserves.

Series:

Working Paper No. 1992/107

Subject:

Central banks Currencies Freely usable currencies International reserves Money Reserve assets Reserve positions

Notes:

Describes the effects of Fund transactions on members' external reserves and estimates the net reserve creation or absorption by the Fund in the 1980s.

English

Publication Date:

December 1, 1992

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451946741/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA1071992

Pages:

28

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