Eurodollar,欧洲美元,是指储蓄在美国境外的银行而不受美国联邦储备系统监管的美元。因此,此种储蓄比相似的美国境内的储蓄受到更少的限制而有更高的收益。
历史上,这样储蓄主要由欧洲的银行和财政机关持有因而命名为“欧洲美元”。 至2006年11月,中国持有世界上最多的外汇储备超过一万亿美元。这样储蓄遍布全球各国,但它们仍被称为欧洲美元。
Investopedia 对其释义如下:
Eurodollar refers to U.S. dollar-denominated deposits at foreign banks or at the overseas branches of American banks. Because they are held outside the United States, eurodollars are not subject to regulation by the Federal Reserve Board, including reserve requirements. Dollar-denominated deposits not subject to U.S. banking regulations were originally held almost exclusively in Europe (hence, the name eurodollar). Now, they are also widely held in branches located in the Bahamas and the Cayman Islands.
简而言之,欧洲美元 指的就是:存放在美国境外的美元。因最初由英国和欧洲其他地区的银行从事这类美元的交易业务,故称之为“欧洲美元”。
后来境外美元的业务扩展到欧洲以外地区,存放在亚洲及太平洋地区的美元称为“亚洲美元”。这种美元的交易不受美国和交易所在国的国内银行法规的管制。
【双语例句】
The Euromarkets are international money and capital market. The most important Eurocurrency is the Eurodollar. The Eurodollar market developed in the second half of the 1950s.
欧洲共同市场是国际货币和资本市场。最重要的欧洲货币是欧洲美元。欧洲美元市场是50年代后半期发展起来的。