The recent period has seen an upsurge in predictions that the dollar's international dominance will at some point be challenged by a rival currency, notably the euro. This paper counters these predictions. It argues that the overestimation of the euro's ability to challenge dollar dominance is...

We study the determinants of US dollar demand across market participants and traded instruments using survey-based exchange rate and macroeconomic expectations. Leveraging granular FX trading data and forward looking expectations, we present three results. First, currency investors increase...

This paper contributes to current debates surrounding the digital euro and US stablecoins by unpacking the present day relevance of two important episodes in monetary history: Prussia's effort in the 18th century to implement a uniform coinage standard across the Holy Roman Empire, and the 19th...

The US dollar (USD) has long been the dominant international currency. The euro (EUR), UK pound (GBP), Japanese yen (JPY), and other advanced economy (AE) currencies have played complementary roles to the USD as international currencies, while emerging market and developing economy (EMDE)...

EU enlargement rounds have always been driven by political will of the parties concerned and administered through a comprehensive legal-bureaucratic procedure. There is strong political determination to carry on the accession process involving Western Balkan countries as well as Ukraine, Georgia...

This study reviews new perceptions of an imminent decline of the international role of the US dollar and implications for the euro. It considers developments in international reserves, invoicing, debt and payment systems. Strengths and weaknesses of the US and euro area economies are discussed...

This study reviews new perceptions of an imminent decline of the international role of the US dollar and implications for the euro. It considers developments in international reserves, invoicing, debt and payment systems. Strengths and weaknesses of the US and euro area economies are discussed...

Geopolitical frictions and high levels of uncertainty in US policy are driving countries to reduce dependence on the US dollar and implement new policies to promote their own currencies for settling cross-border trade. This Weekly Report analyzes the reactions of firms to such measures, focusing...

This study reviews new perceptions of an imminent decline of the international role of the US dollar and implications for the euro. It considers developments in international reserves, invoicing, debt and payment systems. Strengths and weaknesses of the US and euro area economies are discussed...

This article explores the economic and political implications of de-dollarization in Saudi oil transactions, by focusing on the European Union countries. It examines how an increased euro usage in these transactions influences the real exchange rate of the euro against the dollar and the volume...

I examine how governments have managed their holdings of gold and dollar reserves in recent decades, a period when gold's share of aggregate international reserves rose and the dollar's share fell. Using data on central banks’ reserve currency composition and official sector purchases of U.S....

This study aims to analyze the spatial effects triggered by dollar liquidity by constructing a multidimensional spatial matrix that modifies the traditional monetary spatial framework. We utilized a three-level spatial econometric model (Spatial Lag, Durbin, and Generalized Nested Space) to...

This paper provides econometric evidence in support of the view that since President Trump's chaotic tariff announcements on Liberation Day, April 2, the dollar has switched from being a safe-haven currency that appreciates in times of market volatility to a "risk-on" currency that moves...

This report presents results from the 2024 wave of the OeNB Euro Survey in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (CESEE). This survey has been conducted since 2007 in selected CESEE countries, essentially the countries that have not yet (or only recently) adopted the euro. It serves to...

This paper analyzes reserve adequacy measurement in Kosovo, where euro serves as the legal tender. The study adapts the IMF's Assessing Reserve Adequacy framework to Kosovo's unique monetary context, focusing on precautionary motives for holding reserves. The analysis reveals limited readily...

In the Hellenistic era, there was widespread convergence to the Attic standard and a similar narrowing of coin types in terms of aesthetics. The competition between issuers resulted in an equilibrium in which improvements to the consistency and quality of money were sought after. This...

EU enlargement rounds have always been driven by political will of the parties concerned and administered through a comprehensive legal-bureaucratic procedure. There is strong political determination to carry on the accession process involving Western Balkan countries as well as Ukraine, Georgia...

The dominance of the U.S. dollar in the global financial system remains the key pillar of international trade and monetary stability but faces growing challenges in a rapidly changing world. Historically rooted in the Bretton Woods system and the establishment of the petrodollar system, the...

Modern monetary theory argues that all governments that issue their own currency have the same policy space. The present paper argues that this position is wrong. For it to be valid, abstraction must be made from the gravitational force of the US dollar that stems from its backing mass of...

This study aims to systematically review the literature on de-dollarization in light of its increasing significance. The review has been carried out using the Theory, Context, Characteristics, Methodology (TCCM) framework on 52 studies retrieved from the Scopus and Web of Science database. The...

This paper investigates a puzzle in the behavior of the money supply in Ecuador after it formally adopted the US dollar as its currency in January 2000. Modern open economy macroeconom-ics (MOEM) predicts that in a small open economy under an official dollarization regime, the money supply is...