IMF Working Papers

Cross-Border Currency Exposures

By Agustin Benetrix, Deepali Gautam, Luciana Juvenal, Martin Schmitz

December 27, 2019

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Agustin Benetrix, Deepali Gautam, Luciana Juvenal, and Martin Schmitz. Cross-Border Currency Exposures, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2019) accessed December 14, 2024

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Summary

This paper provides a dataset on the currency composition of the international investment position for a group of 50 countries for the period 1990-2017. It improves available data based on estimates by incorporating actual data reported by statistical authorities and refining estimation methods. The paper illustrates current and new uses of these data, with particular focus on the evolution of currency exposures of cross-border positions.

Subject: Currencies, Exchange rates, External position, Foreign currency exposure, Foreign exchange, International investment position, Money

Keywords: Currencies, Currency composition, Debt liability, Domestic currency, Exchange rate, Exchange rates, Financial crisis, Foreign currency, Foreign currency exposure, Foreign currency exposures, Global, International investment position, Pound sterling, Reserve asset, Valuation effect, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    67

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2019/299

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2019299

  • ISBN:

    9781513522869

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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