blogs.cfr.org - 10/5/2008
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The dollar hasn’t fallen along with the US stocks, US Treasury yields or US employment. There is now a broad consensus that the US is currently in a recession, something that might be expected to lead to a fall in the dollar.
But the dollar, instead, has rallied. Against the euro. [...]
economist.com - 10/10/2008
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economist.com —
At best, the world economy is on the
brink of recession DEPRIVE a person of oxygen and...
he will turn blue, collapse and eventually die. Deprive economies of credit and a similar process kicks in. As the financial crisis has broadened and ...
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Bad, or worse
aleablog.com - 10/2/2008
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aleablog.com —
Why is the dollar strong? Bank X, a
foreign bank takes $ deposits and invests proceeds in...
$ assets, sadly these turn out to be toxic. Bank X dumps the toxic assets, takes the loss. What do they have to do to make the depositor whole ? BUY $ $ ...
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Dollar
globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com - 10/3/2008
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globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com —
Those bullish on the US Dollar continue to
be correct. Let's take a look at the recent...
news, then a few charts. Please consider Trichet Says ECB Discussed Rate Cut as Growth Slowed . Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) -- European Central Bank President Jean- Claude ...
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U.S. Dollar Bulls Still Right, Here's Why
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Readings: Dollar strength, Bad Medicine, Hedge fund losses
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... Brad Setser, CFR: The worse the US does, the better the dollar does … ...
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FT Alphaville —
... . FT Alphaville This has as much to do with the curious happenings in the USD as it does with the UK’s own financial crisis — the dollar having rallied even as the U.S.’s troubles deepen. That makes the rush to US currency more a flight from risk than a flight to quality, as Bred Setser explains very well in a recent, long-ish USD post. There’s also ...
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