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Triffin dilemma: a standalone construct

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International finance

the claim that a national currency serving as the world reserve asset requires growing external deficits that eventually undermine confidence in that currency.

In international finance, Triffin dilemma refers to the claim that a national currency serving as the world reserve asset requires growing external deficits that eventually undermine confidence in that currency. This meaning comes from Bordo (2019) in IMF Economic Review.[1]

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References

Bordo, M. D., & McCauley, R. N. (2019). Triffin: Dilemma or Myth? IMF Economic Review, 67(4), 824-851. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41308-019-00088-y

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