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An export transaction would then be (assuming the foreign trade is transacted in foreign currency): Domestic nongov't domestic currency account +Xphi Domestic nongov't foreign currency account Gov't domestic currency account Gov't foreign currency account Foreign domestic currency account -Xphi Foreign foreign currency account
And since the domestic sector does not wish to hold foreign currency, it will engage in an FX transaction with the domestic CB:
An export transaction would then be (assuming the foreign trade is transacted in foreign currency): +X Domestic nongov't domestic currency account -Xphi Domestic nongov't foreign currency account -X Gov't domestic currency account +Xphi Gov't foreign currency account Foreign domestic currency account Foreign foreign currency account
Similarly, if the gov't wants to build strategic currency reserves, it will engage with the foreign sector: Domestic nongov't domestic currency account Domestic nongov't foreign currency account -X Gov't domestic currency account +Xphi Gov't foreign currency account +X Foreign domestic currency account -Xphi Foreign foreign currency account
But since the foreign sector does not wish to hold domestic currency in non-negligible amounts, it will close out its transaction by dealing with the domestic private sector: +X Domestic nongov't domestic currency account -Xphi Domestic nongov't foreign currency account Gov't domestic currency account Gov't foreign currency account -X Foreign domestic currency account +Xphi Foreign foreign currency account
This picture represents the net positions. You can further split each column into a full balance sheet. Which you should if you want to discuss foreign stability, because the (strong) foreign account stability condition for a non-hegemonic economy is that neg gov't long FX position exceeds the private sector's gross short FX position and that the current account is not in deficit.
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