Currencies
Dollar’s Share in Central-Bank Reserves Declines, IMF Data Shows
- Greenback accounted for 59.2% of global reserves last quarter
- Claims in Japanese yen and ‘other currencies’ increased
The dollar’s supremacy has helped the US keep a lid on funding costs and run budget deficits, as trading partners put their dollars in US government bonds.
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The dollar’s share in global central-bank reserves dropped in the three months to the end of September, while holdings of the Japanese yen rose, International Monetary Fund data showed Friday.
The greenback accounted for 59.2% of globally allocated foreign-exchange reserves in the third quarter, down from a revised 59.4% in the previous three months, according to IMF’s Currency Composition of Official Foreign Exchange Reserves (COFER) data. That’s the lowest since the fourth quarter of last year.