A macroeconomic view of Eurodollar market expansion after 1973

Galy, Michel (1982): A macroeconomic view of Eurodollar market expansion after 1973.

Abstract

This paper analyzes the Eurodollar market, investigating the reasons for its expansion after 1973, and the consequences for monetary policy. In the first part of the paper, the issue of credit and money creation by offshore banks is considered. The nature of the liquidity creation process is shown to be dependent on the specific definitions of money and balance of payments position that are adopted by the national authorities. The concepts of money (in domestic and foreign currencies)held by residents and of basic balance are specified, and it is demonstrated that the domestic economy of a given country is not directly affected by the external use of its currency between non-residents. The development of these external transactions, however, proves to be directly dependent on the domestic policies followed by the monetary authorities of that country. The second part of the paper is devoted to an empirical analysis of the development of the Eurodollar market during the period from 1974 to 1980. Estimates of a partial adjustment model show that credit expansion in the Eurodollar market during this period was largely "demand determined," owing to the monetary policy implemented by the Federal Reserve. The econometric results stress the key role of international trade in the development of the Eurodollar activities during these years. Implications of these results for the regulation of Euromarkets are briefly considered in the conclusion.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Eurodollar market expansion; International banking; credit and money creation in the Eurodollar market; consistency of monetary aggregates and balance of payments definitions in the treatment of non-resident accounts; the Federal Reserve and the regulation of the Eurodollar market; a model of the Eurodollar market.
• Subjects: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E4 - Money and Interest Rates > E41 - Demand for Money; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E4 - Money and Interest Rates > E42 - Monetary Systems ; Standards ; Regimes ; Government and the Monetary System ; Payment Systems; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E5 - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit > E51 - Money Supply ; Credit ; Money Multipliers; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E5 - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit > E58 - Central Banks and Their Policies; F - International Economics > F3 - International Finance > F31 - Foreign Exchange; F - International Economics > F4 - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance > F49 - Other

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