We study how the financial conditions in the Center Economies [the U.S., Japan, and the Euro area] impact other … euro) makes the response of a financial variable such as the REER and exchange market pressure in the PHs more sensitive to … a change in key variables in the U.S. (or the euro area) such as policy interest rates and the REER. While having more …

: the euro. This paper econometrically estimates determinants of the shares of major currencies in the reserve holdings of ….9). The advent of the euro interrupts the continuity of the historical data set. So we estimate parameters on pre-1999 data … dollar and euro over the period 1999-2004. Whether the euro might in the future rival or surpass the dollar as the world …