The De-Dollarization Fairytale
Apr. 20th, 2023 02:54 pmwhat’s the potential alternative?
Japan? Its government bond market is 60%+ absorbed by the BoJ, and there have been multiple days in a row (!) where no trade happened in the JGBs – how can you store your FX reserves in such an illiquid market?
Europe? With such a fragile monetary but non-fiscal union, and the only AAA countries potentially able to provide the world with safe collateral (German Bunds) instead sticking to austerity for decades?
China? Brazil? Russia? You are facing a combination of capital controls (China), lack of democracy/rule of law (Russia), corruption and frequent episodes of double-digit inflation (Brazil) – do you want to take these risks when storing your hard-earned FX reserves accumulated from selling your goods and services abroad?
The truth is that US Treasuries don’t have a valid competitor as a global vehicle where to invest FX reserves.


USD-denominated foreign debt is huge, and it makes an orderly De-Dollarization not more than a fairytale.

Japan? Its government bond market is 60%+ absorbed by the BoJ, and there have been multiple days in a row (!) where no trade happened in the JGBs – how can you store your FX reserves in such an illiquid market?
Europe? With such a fragile monetary but non-fiscal union, and the only AAA countries potentially able to provide the world with safe collateral (German Bunds) instead sticking to austerity for decades?
China? Brazil? Russia? You are facing a combination of capital controls (China), lack of democracy/rule of law (Russia), corruption and frequent episodes of double-digit inflation (Brazil) – do you want to take these risks when storing your hard-earned FX reserves accumulated from selling your goods and services abroad?
The truth is that US Treasuries don’t have a valid competitor as a global vehicle where to invest FX reserves.


USD-denominated foreign debt is huge, and it makes an orderly De-Dollarization not more than a fairytale.

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Date: 2023-04-20 08:32 pm (UTC)но все-таки есть мелочи, на которые нельзя не обращать внимания - доля доллара в FX ресервах постепенно упала с 70% до 60%, и, возможно, будет падать и дальше,
евро, правда, хоть и выросло до 30%, но потом упало обратно до 20%,
но есть еще зеленая линия, которая выросла с 2% до 10%, это что, интересно, Юань какой-нибудь?
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Date: 2023-04-20 08:46 pm (UTC)Наверное юань, не рубль же.
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Date: 2023-04-20 11:40 pm (UTC)Часть зеленого AUD может быть.
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Date: 2023-04-21 12:57 am (UTC)насчет зеленого, в 2009-13, припоминаю, много говорили, и про Австралийский доллар, и Канадский, и Швейцарский франк, и шведская крона, и даже норвежская.
нет, не в смысле замены всем долларам, но хотя бы слегка для диверсификации (помню, я их тогда тоже слегка понакупал, и, похоже, зря), а потом затихло и они все обратно упали по отношению к доллару, если не ошибаюсь
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Date: 2023-04-21 12:59 am (UTC)а последнее, в 2020-22 - юань
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Date: 2023-04-21 02:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-04-22 04:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-04-26 08:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-04-27 02:55 pm (UTC)Это было в предыдущей записи по теме:
https://ny-quant.livejournal.com/1008057.html