01684cas a2200277 a 4500 AALejournalIMF015877 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781513512150 2617-6750 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Adler, Gustavo. Dominant Currencies and External Adjustment / Gustavo Adler, Camila Casas, Luis Cubeddu, Gita Gopinath. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2020. 1 online resource (46 pages) Staff Discussion Notes <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The extensive use of the US dollar when firms set prices for international trade (dubbed dominant currency pricing) and in their funding (dominant currency financing) has come to the forefront of policy debate, raising questions about how exchange rates work and the benefits of exchange rate flexibility. This Staff Discussion Note documents these features of international trade and finance and explores their implications for how exchange rates can help external rebalancing and buffer macroeconomic shocks. Mode of access: Internet Casas, Camila. Cubeddu, Luis. Gopinath, Gita. Staff Discussion Notes; Staff Discussion Notes ; No. 2020/005 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/006/2020/005/006.2020.issue-005-en.xml IMF e-Library