Import ratio
Import ratio, in economics and government finance, is the ratio of total imports of a country to that country’s total foreign exchange (FX) reserves.{{cite book |author1=Cornett, Marcia Millon |author2=Saunders, Anthony | title = Financial Institutions Management: A Risk Management Approach, 5th Edition | year = 2006 | publisher = McGraw Hill | isbn = 978-0-07-304667-9 }} The ratio can be inverted and is referred to as the reserves to imports ratio. This ratio divides a country's average foreign exchange reserve by a country's average monthly level of imports.http://www.adelaide.edu.au/cies/papers/0302.pdf Exchange Rate Policy and Foreign Exchange Reserves Management in Indonesia in the Context of East Asian Monetary Regionalism
Relation to sovereign risk
Credit restructuring is made more likely by a higher amount of imports relative to FX reserves. A less developed country will pay for imports with its foreign exchange reserves. The more it imports, the faster these reserves are used up. Since satisfying a country's needs is considered more important than repaying foreign creditors the more a country imports relative to its foreign exchange reserves the greater the probability of debt rescheduling.{{Cite web |title=Sovereign Risk |url=https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/sovereignrisk.asp |access-date=2017-11-15 |website=Investopedia |language=en}}
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