Time to set realistic dollar exchange rates
Central bank should read the market, revise rules accordingly to ensure stability
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Central bank should read the market, revise rules accordingly to ensure stability
Reserve currency: Central banks, financial institutions, corporations and currency speculators invoice their international trade and transactions in terms of the US dollar because it has been the norm since after World War II. Accordingly, the Bangladesh Bank has maintained a growing volume of forex reserves mostly in the US dollar.
Renminbi vs US dollar: It is no secret that China would like to convert the renminbi into an international currency and move away from the global dominance of the US dollar. While this is often interpreted as a geopolitical move, a way to insulate China from possible US-led economic sanctions in the future.