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The Local Currency Settlement System (LCSS)

08 Aug 2023 Zinkpot 215
The Local Currency Settlement System (LCSS)
  1. The Local Currency Settlement System (LCSS) is a cross-border payment mechanism that allows trading entities from two countries to make payments in their own national currencies.
  2. The mushrooming of LCSS can be attributed to several developments in the International Monetary System including the appreciation of the US Dollar, the US Fed’s monetary policy decisions and its impact on the emerging market currencies, trade friction between the US  and China, attempts of major non-European countries to avoid over-reliance on dollar, etc.
  3. LCSS eliminates the cost of exchanging domestic currency with the international reserve currency, like the US dollar, which reduces the transaction cost of the trade.
  4. The reliance on US Dollar is making the domestic exchange rate vulnerable because of the fluctuating monetary policy stance of the US Federal Reserve on the exchange rate of several emerging marketing currencies. Less reliance on US Dollar means less adverse impact of US monetary policy on the domestic exchange rate.
  5. The Western sanction on Russia, whatever may be its good objective, raised eyebrows and prove that currency and payment-related sanctions by the West can harm the interest of countries during adverse times. LCSS helps to avoid the adverse effects of such sanctions.
  6. LCSS helps national currencies to get higher international status. Trade in the concerned domestic currencies will go up with LCSS.
  7. LCSS is the reflection of mutual confidence and underlines the robustness of the economies and enhances the economic engagement between the two countries.
  8. In a significant step, India recently signed an LCSS with the UAE and this is of tremendous importance as India-UAE trade amounts to nearly $85 million. It will promote the use of the Rupee and UAE Dirham for cross-border transactions.

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