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% of Reserve<br />

% of Trade in USD<br />

2004Q3<br />

USA<br />

2005Q2<br />

Italy<br />

2006Q1<br />

Germany<br />

2006Q4<br />

Spain<br />

2007Q3<br />

France<br />

2008Q2<br />

UK<br />

2009Q1<br />

Australia<br />

2009Q4<br />

Switzerl…<br />

2010Q3<br />

Norway<br />

2011Q2<br />

Sweden<br />

2012Q1<br />

Japan<br />

2012Q4<br />

Canada<br />

2013Q3<br />

Poland<br />

2014Q2<br />

Iceland<br />

2015Q1<br />

Thailand<br />

2015Q4<br />

Isreal<br />

2016Q3<br />

Turkey<br />

SK<br />

2017Q2<br />

Brazil<br />

2018Q1<br />

Indonesia<br />

India<br />

% of Reserve<br />

% of reserves<br />

2004Q3<br />

2005Q1<br />

2005Q3<br />

2006Q1<br />

2006Q3<br />

2007Q1<br />

2007Q3<br />

2008Q1<br />

2008Q3<br />

2009Q1<br />

2009Q3<br />

2010Q1<br />

2010Q3<br />

2011Q1<br />

2011Q3<br />

2012Q1<br />

2012Q3<br />

2013Q1<br />

2013Q3<br />

2014Q1<br />

2014Q3<br />

2015Q1<br />

2015Q3<br />

2016Q1<br />

2016Q3<br />

2017Q1<br />

2017Q3<br />

2018Q1<br />

% of reserve<br />

India<br />

Strategy Note | January 1, 2019<br />

US$ is losing its premier reserve currency status; however,<br />

the position has not been taken by euro; Asian currencies are<br />

the preferred bets<br />

Figure 6: Chinese yuan has made a remarkable entry as a world<br />

reserve currency and now has a 1.8% share. Yen has also been<br />

regaining its lost market share.<br />

Figure 7: Both yen and renminbi are making their presence felt<br />

as US$ and euro have seen their dominant positions deteriorate,<br />

albeit at a very slow pace.<br />

5.5<br />

5.0<br />

Japanese yen ( LHS) Chinese renminbi ( RHS)<br />

2.0<br />

1.8<br />

1.6<br />

68<br />

67<br />

66<br />

Title:<br />

Source:<br />

28<br />

U.S. dollars ( LHS) euros ( RHS)<br />

26<br />

4.5<br />

1.4<br />

1.2<br />

65<br />

24<br />

4.0<br />

1.0<br />

64<br />

3.5<br />

3.0<br />

0.8<br />

0.6<br />

0.4<br />

0.2<br />

63<br />

62<br />

61<br />

22<br />

20<br />

2.5<br />

0.0<br />

60<br />

18<br />

SOURCES: CGS-CIMB RESEARCH, IMF data<br />

SOURCES: CGS-CIMB RESEARCH, IMF data<br />

US$ has been the premier currency in global trade<br />

Figure 8: Even the developed world trades primarily in US$. For<br />

countries like India, almost its entire trade is US$ denominated.<br />

Figure 9: The 2015 data by Prof. Gita Gopinath show the world’s<br />

preference for US$.<br />

120%<br />

USD Imports<br />

USD Exports<br />

Title:<br />

Source:<br />

100%<br />

Please fill in the values above to have them entered in your<br />

80%<br />

60%<br />

40%<br />

20%<br />

0%<br />

SOURCES: CIMB RESEARCH, Research paper on https://www.nber.org/papers/w23988<br />

SOURCES: CIMB RESEARCH, Research paper on https://www.nber.org/papers/w23988<br />

Oil trade is dominated by US$<br />

All Gulf Corporation Council (GCC) countries peg their currencies to the US$<br />

and most of them run current account deficits; hence, trading in US$ becomes a<br />

priority for them. The lower the oil price, the greater is the propensity to bolster<br />

reserves to avert a crisis.<br />

While most of the GCC countries have progressed (in terms of<br />

withstanding the oil price shock) since 2015, their<br />

vulnerability is still high<br />

4

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