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What international monetary system for a fast-changing world economy? Bruegel Working Paper 2011/06, April 2011

Bénassy-Quéré, Agnès and Pisani-Ferry, Jean. (2011) What international monetary system for a fast-changing world economy? Bruegel Working Paper 2011/06, April 2011. [Working Paper]

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    Abstract

    Though the renminbi is not yet convertible, the international monetary regime has already started to move towards a 'multipolar' system, with the dollar, the euro and the renminbi as its key likely pillars. This shift corresponds to the long-term evolution of the balance of economic weight in the world economy. Such an evolution may mitigate some of the flaws of the present (non-) system, such as the rigidity of key exchange rates, the asymmetry of balance of-payments adjustments or what remains of the Triffin dilemma. However it may exacerbate other problems, such as short-run exchange rate volatility or the scope for ‘currency wars’, while leaving key questions unresolved, such as the response to capital flows global liquidity provision. Hence, in itself, a multipolar regime can be both the best and the worst of all regimes. Which of these alternatives will materialise depends on the degree of cooperation within a multilateral framework.

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    Item Type: Working Paper
    Uncontrolled Keywords: International monetary system; capital controls.
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > External relations > international economy
    EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > economic and financial affairs > Single Market > capital, goods, services, workers
    Countries > China
    EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > economic and financial affairs > financial crisis 2008-on/reforms/economic governance
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > Bruegel (Brussels) > Working Papers
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 04 Apr 2011 10:33
    Number of Pages: 44
    Last Modified: 04 Apr 2011 10:33
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/30831

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