The argument that structuring the international monetary system around a reserve
asset provided by the leading economic power led eventually to that country’s
loss of preeminence has been applied even more frequently to Britain after World
War I than to the United States after World War II. Because the gold exchange
standard created a foreign demand for sterling balances, Britain was able to run
larger trade balance deficits than would have been permitted otherwise. In a sense,
Britain’s reserve currency status was one of the factors that facilitated the restoration
of sterling prewar parity. Despite an enormous literature predicated on the view
that the pound was overvalued at $4.86, there remains skepticism that the extent
of overvaluation was great or the effect on the macroeconomy was significant.
While it is not possible to resolve this debate here, the point relevant to the theory
of hegemonic stability is that evidence of reserve currency overvaluation is as
substantial in the earlier period, when hegemony was threatened, as in the later
period, when it was triumphant.
The argument that structuring the international monetary system around a reserveasset provided by the leading economic power led eventually to that country’sloss of preeminence has been applied even more frequently to Britain after WorldWar I than to the United States after World War II. Because the gold exchangestandard created a foreign demand for sterling balances, Britain was able to runlarger trade balance deficits than would have been permitted otherwise. In a sense,Britain’s reserve currency status was one of the factors that facilitated the restorationof sterling prewar parity. Despite an enormous literature predicated on the viewthat the pound was overvalued at $4.86, there remains skepticism that the extentof overvaluation was great or the effect on the macroeconomy was significant.While it is not possible to resolve this debate here, the point relevant to the theoryof hegemonic stability is that evidence of reserve currency overvaluation is assubstantial in the earlier period, when hegemony was threatened, as in the laterperiod, when it was triumphant.
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