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Dollar's share of global reserves slips, euro's rises, in first quarter, IMF says

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss
Reuters
Thursday, June 30, 2016

The U.S. dollar's share of international currency reserves slipped in the first three months of the year as China's economic slowdown and falling global stock markets prompted investors, including central bankers, to seek relief in other safe havens, such as the yen.

The greenback's share of allocated reserved dipped to 63.6 percent in the first quarter, equivalent to $4.57 trillion, from 64.3 percent in the last quarter of 2015, data from the International Monetary Fund showed on Thursday.

Not coincidentally, the dollar fell 4 percent against a basket of currencies in the first three months of 2016. ...

... For the remainder of the report:

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-currency-reserves-imf-idUSKCN0ZG29M



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