Author: Sergi Basco, Profesor Agregado de Economia, Universitat de Barcelona

Could the euro replace the dollar as global reserve currency? It’s not getting any less likely

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A global reserve currency is one that is extensively held by foreign Central Banks. Since the 1944 Bretton Woods agreement this position has been occupied by the US dollar and it still holds true – according to IMF data from late 2024, the dollar represented 54% of global official reserves, while the euro came in […]

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Economic uncertainty is now higher than it ever was during COVID

Sergi Basco, Profesor Agregado de Economia, Universitat de BarcelonaLeave a Comment on Economic uncertainty is now higher than it ever was during COVID

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has just published its World Economic Outlook, and it does not take an expert to deduce that, even among some of the world’s top economic minds, confident predictions are currently hard to come by. Every spring the IMF and World Bank hold their Spring Meetings in Washington DC: a week […]

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