Dangerous to draw down reserves

As at the end of last year, our official reserves stood at $288 billion compared to a gross domestic product of $304 billion and bank deposits (domestic bank units or DBU) of $781 billion. In the event of a financial meltdown, the reserves would be far too small to bail out our banks. During the rec...

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Main Author: TAN, Augustine H. H.
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/1361
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/2360/viewcontent/Dangerous_to_draw_down_reserves.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
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