The Non-U.S. Bank Demand for U.S. Dollar Assets

June 19, 2020

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Tobias Adrian, and Peichu Xie. The Non-U.S. Bank Demand for U.S. Dollar Assets, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2020) accessed November 9, 2024

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Summary

The USD asset share of non-U.S. banks captures the demand for dollars by these investors. An instrumental variable strategy identifies a causal link from the USD asset share to the USD exchange rate. Cross-sectional asset pricing tests show that the USD asset share is a highly significant pricing factor for carry trade strategies. The USD asset share forecasts the dollar with economically large magnitude, high statistical significance, and large explanatory power, both in sample and out of sample, pointing towards time varying risk premia. It takes 2-5 years for exchange rate risk premia to normalize in response to demand shocks.

Subject: Banking, Currencies, Econometric analysis, Estimation techniques, Exchange rate adjustments, Exchange rates, Financial statements, Foreign exchange, Money, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: Asset demand, Asset share, Currencies, Estimation techniques, Exchange rate adjustments, Exchange Rate Disconnect, Exchange rates, Financial statements, Global, Intermediary Asset Pricing, Math display, Nominal exchange rate, Safe Asset Demand, Treasury premium, U.S. bank, U.S. dollar, USD asset demand, USD assets, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

46
Volume:

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Working Paper No. 2020/101
Stock No:

WPIEA2020101
ISBN:

9781513547732
ISSN:

1018-5941

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