Dollar Dominance

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Dollar Dominance

Fundamentals, Nature, and Present Structure

Monetary economics Banking

Author: Junji Tokunaga

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Collection: Routledge Focus on Economics and Finance

Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 30th April 2026

Format: LCP-protected ePub

ISBN: 9781040830079


Analysis of the US dollar's dominance

This book critically analyzes the US dollar's dominance as an international currency through an analysis of US dollar gross balance sheets in the shadow banking system at global, systematically important banks.

It begins by drawing upon Minsky and Kindleberger's financial fragility hypothesis, explaining how analysis of dynamics in balance sheet expansion helps to reveal the fundamentals of the dollar standard system.

It then examines the dollar standard system in the 2000s and during the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2007-09, showing how endogenous finance of the dollar drove said banks to overstretch their balance sheets.

An analysis of the dollar standard system post-crisis suggests that US Treasury securities as universal collateral assets have acted as a bedrock for the present dollar standard system.

Target audience

Dollar Dominance will interest scholars and graduate students of international finance, monetary systems, money, and banking. It is also a useful resource for central bankers, financial regulators, and other finance industry professionals.

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