The Eurodollar system, a sprawling network of U.S. dollar-denominated loans issued by foreign banks, accounts for approximately one-third of all dollars in circulation—roughly $12 trillion. As Milton Friedman aptly described, Eurodollars are “a bookkeeper’s pen,” mere bookkeeping entries representing dollar-denominated IOUs held in non-U.S. bank accounts. These offshore liabilities, created by foreign banks and central […]
