Global de-dollarization drive continues, boosting gold demand to record highs

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New data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) show that the process of the shift away from the dollar standard resumed in the second quarter of the year, with the share of the US currency in global reserves falling sharply.

According to the IMF, while the greenback’s share increased in the first quarter of 2020 due to safe-haven buying during the early stages of coronavirus, it resumed a more than two-year trend downward in Q2. The share of euros making up global reserves rose slightly and the share of the Japanese yen dropped. Data also showed that the second quarter saw the largest build-up of reserves in the Chinese yuan and some “other currencies.”

Bank of America (BoA) said in its report that “the de-dollarization theme appears intact.” According to its data, the global share of US holdings has declined to 61.3 percent, “slightly more than expected based on FX, bond and equity valuation changes.”

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