Peaking reserves herald bad news for EUR/USD

Deutsche Bank says decades of reserve accumulation now out of steam

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Global central bank reserves are likely to peak this year after two decades of "unremitting" growth and will at best stabilise, but more likely decline, in the coming years – a process that would place upward pressure on fixed-income yields and the dollar, according to Deutsche Bank analysts.

The report on central banks' reserves says they have accumulated $10 trillion of assets since the start of the century, mostly concentrated in global fixed-income markets, reducing both bund and US Treasury

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