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Shrinking Dollar Sets Off Alarms Overseas, But Helps US

Washington Post | Anthony Faiola | Posted 10.28.2009 | Home

Read More: Uk, Recovery, Rate Change, Economy, Currency, Globalization, Pound, Recession, Euro, Economic Recovery, Yen, Exchange Rate, Globalisation, Dollar, Japan, China, Home News

The dramatic decline of the U.S. dollar is aiding the American economic recovery but setting off alarm bells overseas, with corporate executives, poli...

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The Yen, the Yuan and the Yunus

Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort | Posted 10.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Yen, Yuan, Global Currency, Africa, Imf, Poor Nations, Martin Wolf, Macroeconomic Policy, Muhammad Yunus, Helping the Poor, Business News
Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort

A global currency would allow emerging economies to borrow in their own currency, avoid currency mismatches and the extreme poor can trade with each other without being exposed to currency risk.

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Toyota Trouble: Posts Largest Loss Since 1950

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 03.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Global Financial Crisis, Japanese Economy, Global Financial Crisis Asian Stocks, Yen, Global Economy, Toyota, Asian Stocks, Business News

Toyota, which just last year posted record profit and dethroned General Motors as the world's largest automaker, said it was headed for its first annu...

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A Stock Market Held Hostage by the Dollar

Michael Pento | Posted 12.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Currency, Dollar Value, Financial Crisis, Stock Market, Yen, Wall Street Crisis, Hedge Funds, Economy, Business News
Michael Pento

In today's artificial and perverse global economy the best short term medicine for the ailing markets would be a weakening U.S. currency

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World markets dodge another day of sharp losses

AP | CARLO PIOVANO | Posted 11.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Economy, World Economy, Finance, Financial Crisis, Recession, Yen, Nikkei, Personal Finance, Ukraine, Business News

LONDON — World stocks took another beating Monday, although some markets showed resilience by bouncing off session lows, as global economic gloo...

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Dollar And Yen Soar As Other Currencies Fall

New York Times | MARK LANDLER and VIKAS BAJAJ | Posted 11.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Global Financial Crisis, Stock Market, Yen, Stocks, Dollar, Currencies, Ukraine, Business News

Fear that the financial crisis is infecting once-healthy economies created another white-knuckle day for investors Friday, causing stocks to tumble fr...

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U.S. Economy Battles Host Of Financial Woes

New York Times | Vikas Bajaj | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Yen, Dollar, Credit Crisis, Oil Prices, U.S. Economy, Weak Dollar, American Economy, Oil, Credit Crunch, Commodities Market, Stocks, Business News

Almost everything seems to be going wrong for the American economy at once. People are buying less, but most things are costing more. Mortgage rates a...

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Euro, Yen Climb Against Dollar

AP | MATT MOORE and YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Yen, Dollar, U.S. Economy, U.S. Currency, Dollar Yen, Yen Dollar, Currency, Federal Reserve, Euro, FInancial Markets, Business News

FRANKFURT, Germany — Widespread concern about the outlook for the U.S. economy pushed the euro to a new record and the yen to 12-year highs agai...

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