IIF Global Macro Views: Global Imbalances — The Price of Privilege

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Financing the United States' role as a destination for global savings is becoming more costly, the authors argue. Its investment-income advantage is narrowing as market-priced portfolio liabilities become more important and respond to interest rates, valuations and hedging costs. Institutional portfolios increasingly channel savings into US assets. The dollar's central position persists, while the income-account cost of supplying those assets grows.