The Non-U.S. Bank Demand for U.S. Dollar Assets

47 Pages Posted: 23 Jul 2020

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Tobias Adrian

International Monetary Fund

Peichu Xie

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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Date Written: June 2020

Abstract

The USD asset share of non-U.S. banks captures the demand for dollars by these investors. An instrumental variable strategy identifies a causal link from the USD asset share to the USD exchange rate. Cross-sectional asset pricing tests show that the USD asset share is a highly significant pricing factor for carry trade strategies. The USD asset share forecasts the dollar with economically large magnitude, high statistical significance, and large explanatory power, both in sample and out of sample, pointing towards time varying risk premia. It takes 2-5 years for exchange rate risk premia to normalize in response to demand shocks.

JEL Classification: F3, G1, O24, E01, G21, E52, F16

Suggested Citation

Adrian, Tobias and Xie, Peichu, The Non-U.S. Bank Demand for U.S. Dollar Assets (June 2020). IMF Working Paper No. 20/101, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3652490

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Peichu Xie

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