The @TheEconomist -- but not the U.S. Treasury -- embraces an SDR allocation.
(the Economist is an overstatement of course, the column is from the author of "Free exchange" this week ...) https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2020/04/11/should-the-imf-dole-out-more-special-drawing-rights
(the Economist is an overstatement of course, the column is from the author of "Free exchange" this week ...) https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2020/04/11/should-the-imf-dole-out-more-special-drawing-rights
I have said this before and I will say it again: the US would be the largest beneficiary of an SDR allocation, and the US is under-reserved. U.S. opposition is short-sighted, even from an "America-first" point of view.
and for those who say the U.S. doesn't need reserves because it issues the world's reserve currency, I'll just say this -- there are a lot of creative ways to use your reserves.
(the recent use of the ESF to backstop Fed lending is a case in point)
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(the recent use of the ESF to backstop Fed lending is a case in point)
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