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This paper explores how non-U.S. central banks behave when firms in their economies engage in currency mismatch, borrowing more heavily in dollars than justified by their operating exposures. We begin by documenting that, in a panel of 53 countries, central bank holdings of dollar reserves are...
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, putting the public and private financial systems and ultimately the dollarization regime at risk. In this paper, we first …
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Financial dollarization is considered a source of macroeconomic instability in many emerging economies. Dollarization … associated with financial dollarization. These results can explain the prevalence of low macroeconomic volatility in some … costs of dollarization …
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inflation. We discuss dollarization, administrative interventions, and other features complicating monetary policy transmission …
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Using detailed information on lobbying and mortgage lending activities, we find that lenders lobbying more on issues related to mortgage lending (i) had higher loan-to-income ratios, (ii) securitized more intensively, and (iii) had faster growing portfolios. Ex-post, delinquency rates are higher...
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Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. PROS OF DOLLARIZATION: ANALYTICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE … -- III. CONS OF DOLLARIZATION -- IV. CHOICES OF CURRENCY REGIMES IN POSTCONFLICT COUNTRIES -- V. CONCLUSIONS: IS LIBERIA A … CANDIDATE FOR FULL, DE JURE DOLLARIZATION? -- References. …
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Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. BACKGROUND -- III. ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK, KEY CONCEPTS, AND DATA -- IV. FOREIGN CURRENCY MISMATCHES IN GEORGIA -- V. ADDRESSING BALANCE-SHEET VULNERABILITIES IN GEORGIA -- VI. CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- REFERENCES.
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Declining but still high dollarization rates in the Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) region affect macroeconomic … dynamics of dollarization in the CCA, the relative roles of macrofinancial policies and financial market development in the de-dollarization … process have not yet been assessed empirically. This paper takes stock of de-dollarization efforts and explores the short …
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With some of the most significant levels of financial dollarization in the Western Hemisphere, Uruguay is characterized … by extensive dollarization in both deposits and loans. While traditional factors like high inflation and substantial … devaluations have been associated with such outcome, the enduring nature of dollarization in Uruguay also underscores the …
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In recent years, recommendations for countries to unilaterally dollarize/eurorize have become common, particularly when the countries lack economic credibility. After exploring the characteristics of dollarizing/eurorizing economies, we look at the merits and costs of unilateral eurorization for...
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