The paper discusses whether US dollar based financial sanctions will undermine the dollar's dominant international role. Despite long-standing attempts to reduce the role of the dollar, these have had limited success so far. I discuss why this is the case and why alternatives to the dollar are...

Global uncertainty and the COVID-19 pandemic have significantly impacted the integration of emerging economies into global financial markets. Post-pandemic, the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes have drawn investor attention to relatively independent and stable currencies. This study...

The paper discusses whether US dollar based financial sanctions will undermine the dollar's dominant international role. Despite long-standing attempts to reduce the role of the dollar, these have had limited success so far. I discuss why this is the case and why alternatives to the dollar are...

Several commentaries are written about de-dollarization. We analyze the factors which are contributing to de-dollarization and provide an alternative assessment. On the economic front, the US economy's reduced fiscal and financial capacity can strain economic trust in the dollar. The...

This article explores the dynamics of international currency competition and de-dollarization, focusing on the current dominance of the US dollar and potential challenges from the Chinese renminbi and BRICS countries. It reviews recent literature on currency statecraft, the political economy of...

In China, money, currency and payment transactions are manifestations of state sovereignty and political power. The primary objective of Chinese monetary policy is to maintain domestic stability, expand the scope of its own influence internationally, and reshape the global financial and monetary...

This study examines the role of the Chinese renminbi (RMB) as an international anchor currency. After China abandoned its tight US dollar (USD) peg in 2005, the RMB found greater popularity as a reserve currency. This change in the RMB's role reflected China's growing presence in the global...

This paper investigates the heterogeneous responses of exporters to policy reforms undertaken by the People’s Bank of China to internationalize the Renminbi (RMB). Using detailed customs data from France for the initial years of these reforms (2011-2017), it documents several novel stylized...

In what ways might the digital renminbi (RMB), also known as e-CNY, bolster China's efforts to internationalize its currency? Utilizing Susan Strange's concept of currency negotiation and borrowing the concept of infrastructures from science, technology, and society studies, this article argues...

This paper models the dynamics of Chinese yuan (CNY)-denominated long-term interest rate swap yields. The financial sector plays a vital role in the Chinese economy, which has grown rapidly in the past several decades. Going forward, interest rate swaps are likely to have an important role in...

As China's position in the global economy has gradually improved, the importance of debates on the role of the renminbi in the international monetary system has significantly increased. This paper uses bibliometric methods-Bibliometrix R-package and its web-based graphical interface...

Although extensive literature focusing on the determinants of carbon emissions, little attention has been paid to the impact of exchange rates on carbon emissions in emerging economies. Based on 283 Chinese prefecture−level cities from 2006 to 2019, this paper measures the effects and...

The paper examines the usage of the Renminbi (RMB) as an international payment currency. Globally, the use of RMB remains small, accounting for 2 percent of total cross-border transactions. Using country-level transaction data from Swift** for 2010–21, we find significant regional variations...

Monetary experts have referred to central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) as “the future of payments” or even “the future of money,” and not without reason. China’s launch of its digital yuan begins a new era in payments, making China the first major economy to deploy its own CBDC....

In this study, the DCC-MIDAS approach and its extension are adopted to reveal the long-run correlations among Chinese currency and those of ASEAN countries, and the role of RMB internationalization in driving the movements of the long-run currency correlations. The findings show that: (1)...

The improvement of currency internationalization levels can positively impact the credibility of the national currencies in international economic activities, and expand the effective demand and optimize the supply structure for the country’s financial service trade. In this way, a state may...

China has taken some effective steps to shake off the effects of “COVID-19” and its economic development is unceasing recovery. Therefore, many foreign investments go into the Chinese market and lead to RMB appreciation, which would affect China’s economy-energy-carbon emissions system....

This study utilizes the extended HAR models to investigate the asymmetric impacts of tariff news on the renminbi exchange rate volatility during the US-China trade war. My findings indicate that there is no significant asymmetry between the effects of good and bad tariff news. However, a...

We employ a threshold vector error correction model approach to investigate the impact of China's exchange rate marketization reform in August 2015 on the linkage between renminbi (RMB) onshore (CNY) and offshore (CNH) exchange rates and the impact of post-reform policy interventions by the...

Moving away from a fixed exchange rate in 2005, China has gradually enlarged the band of fluctuations of Renminbi (RMB) and implemented various reforms on its central parity to have a more flexible exchange rate regime. This paper studies the nature of the exchange rate regime in China since the...

Western concerns that the renminbi could rival the dollar as an international currency contrast with underwhelming numbers in terms of global settlements in renminbi and with the experience of China's two main previous failed attempts to achieve renminbi internationalisation. However, China is...

China watchers have decried the emergence of the Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (“CIPS”) as a turning point in the move to dethrone the U.S. dollar. This Article situates CIPS, which clears and settles Chinese renminbi transactions, with other financial market infrastructures, drawing...

We empirically test if former U.S. President Donald Trump’s rhetoric toward China affects both the return and the conditional volatility of the Renminbi (RMB) offshore exchange rate (CNH). We calculate the sentiment of Trump’s China-related tweets, as the proxy of political value judgment,...

The paper examines the usage of the Renminbi (RMB) as an international payment currency. Globally, the use of RMB remains small, accounting for 2 percent of total cross-border transactions. Using country-level transaction data from Swift** for 2010-21, we find significant regional variations in...

This paper implements a novel approach that allows for asymmetry in volatilities and idiosyncratic deviations from normality to address distinct features in the evolving relationship between onshore and offshore RMB exchange rate returns. Against a backdrop of growing integration since 2015, the...

This paper offers an empirical characterization of the relation between the international price of oil and exchange rates that is both useful and reliable. Our characterization is useful because it rests on information of asset prices that are determined in functioning asset markets. Our...

We document stylized facts about China's recent exchange rate policy for its currency, the renminbi (RMB). Our empirical findings suggest that a "two-pillar policy" is in place, aiming to balance RMB index stability and exchange rate flexibility. We then develop a tractable no-arbitrage model of...

The People's Republic of China (PRC) has rapidly achieved a relatively high degree of financial inclusion (access of individuals to financial products and services) as a result of the development of various large-scale financial platforms using financial technology (fintech) to reduce the cost...

This working paper was written by Yin-wong Cheung (University of California, Santa Cruz), Menzie D. Chinn (University of Wisconsin, Madison and NBER) and Eiji Fujii (University of Tsukuba).We evaluate whether the Renminbi (RMB) is misaligned, relying upon conventional statistical methods of...