How does EMU affect the dollar and the yen as international reserve and investment currencies?

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Since EMU represents a currency area with a GDP level and a world market share comparable to the United States, it is widely expected that the euro will become an important international currency. This paper suggests simple methods how to quantify the effects that EMU may exert on the roles of the dollar and the yen as the other major international currencies. Estimates presented indicate that the euro may indeed lead to a significant decline in the market share of the dollar as an official reserve currency of central banks and as an investment currency of private portfolios. These effects hinge on the assumption that the euro will achieve a reputation similar to that of the deutschmark before EMU. The projected shifts can be expected to materialize only in the medium term so that no immediate abrupt changes in the demand for dollars will occur.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Research Notes ; No. 99-5

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; International Economic Order and Integration ; International Investment; Long-term Capital Movements ; Financial Aspects of Economic Integration
• Subject: International Economic Integration ; Long-Term Capital Movements ; Financial Aspects of Economic Integration ; Europäische Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion ; Euro ; US-Dollar ; Yen ; Reservewährung ; Portfolio-Investition ; Devisenmarkt ; Schätzung ; Welt

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Frenkel, Michael ; Søndergaard, Jens
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Deutsche Bank Research
• (where): Frankfurt a. M.
• (when): 1999

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/40266
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET