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Global Roles of Currencies

In: Currency Internationalization: Global Experiences and Implications for the Renminbi

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Policy discussions and academic contributions on the international role of currencies abound. They come in two strands. The first strand deals with the general importance of a given currency in the world economy, and its standing and significance in the international monetary system. These are the contributions that occasionally make media headlines, especially when they raise questions such as whether the dollar could lose its leading global status to the euro, why the yen has lost global importance, and if one day the Chinese renminbi could challenge one — or all three — of these currencies. The second strand of contributions focuses more narrowly on the cross-border use of currencies, analysing which currencies are used outside their home constituencies, by what type of economic agents and for what purposes.

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  • Christian Thimann, 2010. "Global Roles of Currencies," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Wensheng Peng & Chang Shu (ed.), Currency Internationalization: Global Experiences and Implications for the Renminbi, chapter 1, pages 3-41, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-24578-5_1
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230245785_1
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    • F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
    • F33 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions
    • F37 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Finance Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies

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