Christopher Lingle: Excessive Asian Reserves?

Excessive Asian Reserves

Christopher Lingle argues that excessive Asian reserve currencies risks can pose distress in the financial monetary system as he argues that ``This untenable condition can lead to the sort of turmoil in foreign currency markets last seen in 1997-98. Massive currency realignments and high volatility devastates balance sheets, especially in those countries with weak financial sectors and poor corporate governance.”

Further he suggests that instead of the uneconomical allocation of capital in accumulating US dollar assets by central banks, this be diverted into financing private entrepreneurs ``They would lower unexpected currency risks by divesting US assets that already have low interest rates. And the costs of holding foreign reserves can be reduced if lent to private entrepreneurs since private investors always seek the highest returns for a given risk while governments do not.”