Alternatively, they might seek to avoid the consequences of a dollar fall, by diversifying into other reserve currencies, such as the euro.
If the Chinese yuan were to appreciate by 10% against the dollar (and other reserve currencies), China would suffer a capital loss worth almost 3% of GDP, the study found.
Also, gold has become more attractive due to worries about other traditional reserve assets such as bonds, particularly with high debt levels in many European nations and the U.S., analysts said.
Other states reserve the right to modify them.
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Some families have other savings, but Federal Reserve and other data suggest that those don't fill the gap for most people.
This is a fear gauge, and when it increases more than the federal funds rate at which American banks borrow each other's reserve balances from the Fed, it suggests an abnormal unwillingness of banks to lend to each other.
But when they are out of the office for work or on vacation, other employees can reserve their spaces, either through an online system or at a computer terminal in the office.
LIBOR, the other component in debt cost, is at historic lows and continued loose monetary policy by the US Federal Reserve and other central banks in developed economies is expected to hold it there.
So the Federal Reserve and other agencies took emergency measures to prevent that outcome.
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The Federal Reserve and other central banks are likely to respond by cutting interest rates again.
German leaders are seeking help from the U.S. Federal Reserve and other non-EU central banks, too.
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On the other hand, the reserve is so large, it's hard to imagine it being much bigger.
The Federal Reserve and other authorities also are focusing on enhancing the resilience of the markets for triparty repurchase agreements (repos).
Respondents also noted actions by the Federal Reserve, other economic data (including housing) and the potential for further stock price weakness.
Economic stabilization, recovery in corporate profits and efforts by the Federal Reserve and other central banks have juiced stocks' multiyear rally.
They could easily have done so by employing so-called open-market operations, which the Federal Reserve and other central banks engage in constantly.
On the other hand Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Jeffrey Lacker openly states the U.S. economy is enduring a structural skills mismatch.
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The Federal Reserve and other central banks are coming under increasing scrutiny.
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Thanks to the Federal Reserve and other destructive creations of government, the process of creative destruction rarely takes root in American soil anymore.
Thomas believes the Federal Reserve and other banking regulators need more authority over the currently unregulated lenders who were most active in the subprime market.
The invitees include the head of the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve and other major central banks, according to a person familiar with the contents.
Unfortunately for the conspiracy theorists out there, Peter does not believe that the Federal Reserve and other behind the scenes players are conspiring to cause hyperinflation.
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Along with economic stabilization and the recovery in corporate profits, efforts by the Federal Reserve and other central banks to boost asset prices have also juiced stocks' rally.
It joins the U.S. Federal Reserve and other major central banks in flooding money into the economy in hopes of getting corporations and consumers to begin spending more, ultimately driving growth.
In recent months, the Federal Reserve and other banking agencies have issued statements calling on mortgage lenders and mortgage servicers to find prudent ways to resolve loan problems with existing borrowers.
The past three years the commodity markets, including precious metals, have been boosted by the easy money policy of the U.S. Federal Reserve and other major central banks of the world.
In a joint statement, the US Federal Reserve and other major US banking regulators said the deal "provides for a more stable banking system that is less prone to excessive risk-taking".
The ECB said it will coordinate with the Federal Reserve and other central banks to conduct three U.S. dollar liquidity-providing operations with a maturity of three months and will do so in October, November and December.
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Together with Administration's Financial Stability Plan, its actions to aid distressed homeowners, and actions by the Federal Reserve and other regulators, the Recovery Act is generating one of the sharpest economic turnarounds since World War II.
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