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Dollar Rebound in 2008: A Fairy Tale?

Eben Esterhuizen | Posted 03.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Interest Rates, Dollar, Dollar Rebound, Fed Rate Cuts, Central Banks, Federal Reserve, Currency, U.S. Dollar, Monetary Policy, Business News
Eben Esterhuizen

Are traditional assumptions about the connection between growth and proactive interest rate cuts still valid if monetary policy fails?

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Experts: Don't Fear The Weak Dollar

CNN/Money | David Ellis | Posted 03.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Dollar, U.S. Economy, Global Currencies, U.S. Currency, Weak Dollar, Recession Fears, Currency, Recession, Exchange Rate, Texbook Economics, Business News

Concerns about the weak dollar are mounting. But even as the greenback sinks to new lows against the euro and other global currencies, some experts sa...

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Bush's Hypocrisy, OPEC's Arrogance, The Oil Mess We Are Living

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 03.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Dollar, Saudi Arabia, Exxon Mobil, Sam Bodman, Strategic Petrolem Reserve, Department of Energy, Center of Strategic and International Studies, Opec, Nytimes, Chakib Kheli OPEC President, Tillerson, Al Naimi, Aramco, Aramco, Aramco, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

The New York Times article informs us that we, and our dollar, are primarily to blame for the current vertiginous oil prices.

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Five Reasons To Save The Dollar

Eben Esterhuizen | Posted 03.03.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Subprime Crisis, Inflation, Federal Reserve, Recession, Opec, Ubs, Subprime Collapse, Dollar, Undervalued Dollar, Oil Prices, Morgan Stanley, Financial Firms, Central Bank, Japanese Exports, Global Downturn, Business News
Eben Esterhuizen

Financial firms have so far announced losses totaling around $160 billion, and rhere is more bad news to come and central bankers know it.

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"U.S. Multinationals Have Been Decoupling from the U.S. Economy," says BusinessWeek

Robert Weissman | Posted 03.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Taxes, Multinationals, Job Blackmail, Trade, Dollar, Exports, Semiconductor Industry Association, Advanced Micro Devices, Hector Ruiz, George Scalise, Multinational Monitor, Businessweek, Business News
Robert Weissman

The article emphasizes that the success of U.S.-based multinationals is not doing much to help the U.S. economy, by the measures that matter most.

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When is Low Too Low For the Dollar?

Martin Varsavsky | Posted 03.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, US Dollar, Bush Economy, U.S. Economy, Dollar, Weak Dollar, Economy, Dollar Value, Business News
Martin Varsavsky

If trends continue the talk will not be about petrodollars anymore but about peso dollars and how the US joined the rest of Latin America as a nation unable to rise above its financial troubles.

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Dollar Hits Record Low Against Euro

Financial Times | Krishna Guha | Posted 02.27.2008 | Business

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The dollar fell to a fresh record low against the euro on Wednesday as Ben Bernanke signalled that the Federal Reserve is likely to cut interest rates...

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Euro Soars to Record High $1.5057

AP | MATT MOORE | Posted 02.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Euro, Dollar, U.S. Dollar, Euro Dollar, Dollar Euro, Weak Dollar, Record Low Dollar, U.S. Federal Reserve, Higher Euro, Inflation, Recession, Stagflation, Consumer Confidence, British Pound, Business News

BERLIN — The euro climbed to a record high of $1.5057 in early European trading on Wednesday as sentiment increased that the U.S. Federal Reserv...

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As Dollar Slides, Some NY Merchants Say "Euros Only"

Washington Post | Robin Shulman | Posted 02.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Dollar, Euro, Euros in America, Business News

"Euros Only" reads a handmade sign in Billy's Antiques & Props on East Houston Street in Manhattan. But that's really just an attention grabber. A...

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My "McLaughlin Awards" For 2007 [Part 2]

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.28.2007 | Politics

Read More: Stuart Bowden, Hong Kong, Ron Paul, Pakistan, Darfur, Bhutto, Best Government Dollar Spent, Mercenary, Primary Schedule, Do-Nothing Congress, Euro, China, Worst Political Theater, Wide Stance, CAFE Standards, President, Most Overreported Story, Surge, Mercenaries, Dollar, Blackwater, Worst Political Scandal, John Edwards, Katrina, Gas Mileage, Sorry to See You Go, Global Warming, Mark Foley, Airport Bathroom, Kurt Vonnegut, MoveOn.Org, Ethnic Cleansing, Democrat, Fema, Most Underrated, Private Security, Democrats, Barack Obama, Best Idea, Predictions, John Murtha, Oprah Winfrey, Don't Tase Me Bro, Bomb Iran, Honorable Mention, 15 Minutes of Fame, Fred Thompson, Schip, Edwards Hair Cut, Oprah, Hillary Clinton, Best Spin, Hail Eris, Senate, Steve Fossett, Taiwan, Destined for Political Oblivion, Cloture, Cia, Do-Nothing, Sidney Sheldon, Beijing, Molly Ivins, Cheney, Filibuster, Robert Anton Wilson, Iraq, Most Overrated, Larry Craig, Bush, Iran, Destined for Political Stardom, Biggest Government Waste, Obstructionism, Fake News Conference, Scooter Libby, Sectarian Cleansing, Evel Knievel, Hair Cut, Most Underreported Story, Best Political Theater, Boldest Political Tactic, Roadblock Republicans, Nie, Olympics, Fake News, Rudy Giuliani, Musharraf, Ahmadinejad, Columbia University, Oil, Most Honest Person, Fema Trailers, Worst Idea, $400 Hair Cut, Discordianism, Politics News
Chris Weigant

OK, here we go with Part 2 of my annual McLaughlin Awards. Last week's column covered the first half of these awards. Unfortunately (as of this writi...

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The Dollar-Fifty-Six Euro

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.28.2007 | Business

Read More: Europe, Exchange Rate, Economics, Dollar, Currency, Oil, Iraq, Foreign Exchange, Euro, China, Shopping Spree, Business News
Chris Weigant

The real worry is that other countries will decide the dollar is a bad bet altogether, and either stop buying them or dump all their dollar reserves on the open market to exchange them for something more stable... like Euros.

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Euro Trades Close To $1.50

AFP | Posted 11.26.2007 | Business

Read More: Exchanges Rates, Dollar, Exchange Rate, Euro, Euro Dollar, Dollar Euro, Business News

The euro crept higher on Monday after striking a series of historic peaks close to 1.50 dollars last week as dealers worried about the health of the U...

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Will OPEC Dump the Dollar?

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 11.18.2007 | Business

Read More: Dollar, Economy, Oil Prices, Falling Dollar, Opec, Business News
Hale

OPEC is getting paid in a continually devaluing currency, which no one wants.

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Dollar Hits Record Low Against Euro

Voxant | Posted 11.06.2007 | Business

Read More: Dollar Value, Dollar, Euro, Weakening Dollar, Business News

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EU Ministers Blame Yuan, Dollar For "Supereuro"

German Press Agency Via Raw Story | Posted 10.08.2007 | Business

Read More: Supereuro, Dollar, European Union, Yuan, Business News

Finance ministers from the 13 countries using the EU's single currency called Monday for "adjustments" on global currency markets, saying the weakness...

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How To Turn A Weak Dollar Into A Pile Of Cash

Washington Post | Nell Henderson | Posted 09.22.2007 | Home

Read More: Dollar, Investing, Global Currency, Home News

Oh, the amazing shrinking dollar. The U.S. currency tumbled last week to a record low after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates, continuing the do...

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