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Central Banks Reserve Management : New Trends, from Liquidity to Return

By: Age F.P. Bakker (Editor), Ingmar R.Y. van Herpt (Editor)

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This edited work addresses the welfare gains and costs of accumulating foreign exchange reserves and the implications for the functioning of the global financial system.

Central bank reserve management : trends and issuesp. 1
The size of central bank reserves
Assessing the benefits and costs of official foreign exchange reservesp. 19
The politics and micro-economics of global imbalancesp. 37
The cost-benefit approach to reserve adequacy : the case of Chilep. 47
Foreign reserve adequacy from the Asian perspectivep. 63
Dealing with reserve accumulation : the case of Koreap. 75
Reserve accumulation : a view from the United Statesp. 83
Reserve management : return versus liquidity
Trends in reserve management by central banksp. 99
Implications of growing reserves of central banks for asset allocationp. 117
Setting the strategic benchmark duration and currency allocation : a developing country case studyp. 127
Observations on the return versus liquidity debate : the Canadian perspectivep. 137
A European view on return versus liquidityp. 143
The composition of central bank reserves : the market perspectivep. 153
Central bank risk management : the case of the Czech national bankp. 165
Returns from alpha and beta : an equilibrium approach to investingp. 175
The conservative approach to central bank reserve managementp. 181
Implications for central bank balance sheets
Central bank balance sheets : comparisons, trends and some thoughtsp. 193
Governance aspects of central bank reserve managementp. 217
Too much of a good thing : reserve accumulation and volatility in central bank balance sheetsp. 229
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ISBN: 9781845429577
ISBN-10: 1845429575
Audience: Professional
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 272
Published: January 2007
Dimensions (cm): 23.4 x 15.6  x 23.495
Weight (kg): 0.567