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Dollar hits 8-1/2-month low on worries about U.S. economy
Reuters ^ | Fri Oct 18, 2013 4:30pm | Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Nick Olivari

Posted on 10/18/2013 6:11:04 PM PDT by RC one

(Reuters) - The dollar fell to eight-and-a-half-month lows against the euro and a currency basket on Friday on expectations the Federal Reserve will delay scaling back its monetary stimulus following this month's political battles over the U.S. budget.

Volume was thin as investors braced for a deluge of U.S. economic data next week now that the U.S. government was open following a two-week shutdown. The September nonfarm payrolls report is due on Tuesday.

The first wave of U.S. data released on Thursday after the government returned to work was fairly upbeat.

September U.S. payrolls are due next week, with the market forecasting a jobs gain of 180,000, according to a Reuters poll.

"The market impact may be somewhat dimmed as investors do not believe the Fed....has a critical mass of information to act materially different compared to the September decision," wrote UBS in a research note.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: dollar
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1 posted on 10/18/2013 6:11:04 PM PDT by RC one
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To: RC one; Ladysmith

Exchange your DWINDLING American Dollars into ammo. And canned goods. And more ammo. And drill a well. And pay off ALL debt. And buy more ammo. And buy a generator. And a composting toilet. And with whatever is left, buy more ammo. :)


2 posted on 10/18/2013 6:23:59 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: RC one

Obama and the democrats are already blaming this on the “Republican House Government Shutdown”.

Anything bad that happens to the economy between now and the end of Obama’s second term will be blamed on the government shutdown. The American people will buy it.

It’s going to take a lot of work to reverse this propaganda from the left. Things are bad in Venezuela and the leftist government also uses this tactic. Everything gone wrong is blamed on the “evil United States”. The leftist president in Venezuela has manufactured so many false crisis’ and made up so many excuses that I’ve lost count.

Today it’s hard to even plan a vacation outside Venezuela because in order to book a flight you need to do it months in advance, wait in line and often times you get bumped and need to start over again.

So far, the people seem to buy the lies hook, line and sinker.

Since Obama has taken the White House I often look at Venezuela to see what’s coming down the line for us. So far, it’s been a relatively accurate forecast. That’s most unfortunate.


3 posted on 10/18/2013 6:28:05 PM PDT by tsowellfan (www.cafenetamerica.com)
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To: RC one
So does that mean my black market dollars go further in eastern Europe?

/johnny

4 posted on 10/18/2013 6:29:49 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: tsowellfan

American businesses need to come back to America, and Americans need to sell stuff.

What did we think would happen, if we sent all of America’s factories to China?

Bring them back. Now.


5 posted on 10/18/2013 6:30:18 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network
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To: tsowellfan
Aren't you just a ray of bright sunshine? Bless your heart.

/johnny

6 posted on 10/18/2013 6:31:16 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: RC one

7 posted on 10/18/2013 6:32:48 PM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: Cringing Negativism Network
Business will come back when the stupid laws restricting business go away.

We have the people. We have the talent. We have the raw materials. The problem is and always is government.

/johnny

8 posted on 10/18/2013 6:33:22 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: tsowellfan

Then they need to explain the Dagong downgrade. If they blame us, we refer them back to the Dagong downgrade and it will leave them stuttering and stammering and looking like the lying, manipulating fascists that they are.


9 posted on 10/18/2013 6:33:59 PM PDT by RC one
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To: SkyPilot
Trying to blame someone? Passive aggressive much?

/johnny

10 posted on 10/18/2013 6:35:32 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

The problem is decades of entitlements and militarism resulting from the artificially inflated dollar demand caused by the petrodollar arrangement. the typical solution is to stick one’s head in the and and pretend otherwise. Some of us think buying guns, gold, and ammunition makes more sense.


11 posted on 10/18/2013 6:37:31 PM PDT by RC one
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To: SkyPilot

I’m not against Cruz. I wish he would have made a better case for his position at the time but there were many forces arrayed against him. It is, therefore, up to us to make his case after the fact. this debt ceiling fight isn’t over. it’s just getting started.


12 posted on 10/18/2013 6:40:16 PM PDT by RC one
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To: JRandomFreeper
Why would any company that wants make a profit, and not be taxed to death and subjected to the goon mobsters in the unions.The U.S. is no longer friendly to business.look at the burden of Fed Rules a business must operate under, Better to a country glad to have the jobs,The U.S, is nothing but a huge welfare state now, if you are not on the receiving end you are on the paying end.Viva Las Mexico
13 posted on 10/18/2013 6:40:41 PM PDT by BooBoo1000 (The lessons of Wiemar are soon to be relearned,)
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To: RC one
Guns, gold, and ammunition isn't a bad purchase.

However, businesses leave the US because of excess regulation.

Add a garden to your GGA, and you've got something that can keep you alive, if you have the skillsets.

/johnny

14 posted on 10/18/2013 6:41:17 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: BooBoo1000
What are you doing to change that?

/johnny

15 posted on 10/18/2013 6:42:17 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

I blame those who think the USA is a massive ATM, for “their” checks, but say nothing about out fiscal disaster that will soon ruin us all. I blame those who care more for politics than Jesus Christ.


16 posted on 10/18/2013 6:42:31 PM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: SkyPilot
I know your postings have become increasingly bitter and disjointed in the last year.

You've blamed most everybody.

Aren't you a government employee?

/johnny

17 posted on 10/18/2013 6:45:09 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

If it comes down to needing guns, gold, and ammo- we aren’t going to have a lot of time for planting and tending gardens.


18 posted on 10/18/2013 6:48:58 PM PDT by RC one
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

ugh. so sucks. anyhow. yep. work in progress.

Thanks Diana


19 posted on 10/18/2013 6:50:26 PM PDT by onona (The Earth is the insane asylum for the universe (yup, I belong))
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To: JRandomFreeper

No, just retired military. If you want to go after me, go ahead.


20 posted on 10/18/2013 6:51:37 PM PDT by SkyPilot
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