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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 />
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