Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Nikhil Patel Author-Name: Dora Xia Title: Offshore markets drive trading of emerging market currencies Abstract: FX markets for the currencies of emerging market economies grew more rapidly than those for major currencies between 2016 and 2019, rising from 19% to almost 25% of global turnover. At the same time, these currencies attracted a wider range of participants and saw a rapid increase in offshore trading activity. Offshore markets tended to drive onshore markets during times of global market stress. Journal: BIS Quarterly Review File-URL: http://www.bis.org/publ/qtrpdf/r_qt1912h.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf File-URL: http://www.bis.org/publ/qtrpdf/r_qt1912h.htm File-Format: text/html Year: 2019 Month: December Classification-JEL: F31, G12, G23 Handle: RePEc:bis:bisqtr:1912h