What is barely alluded to in this article is the fact that Vietnam, like so much of SE Asia, is awash with cheap dollars sourced via FDI. Our biggest export to Asia is inflation.
1 posted on
06/11/2008 10:33:07 AM PDT by
Clemenza
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To: Clemenza
2 posted on
06/11/2008 10:34:29 AM PDT by
NewJerseyJoe
(Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
To: Clemenza
This should be an interesting thread.
3 posted on
06/11/2008 10:34:43 AM PDT by
B Knotts
(Calvin Coolidge Republican)
To: Clemenza
They must hate their Dong to be inflated.
4 posted on
06/11/2008 10:35:14 AM PDT by
Conspiracy Guy
(I voted Republican because no Conservatives were running.)
To: Clemenza
Oof. Having to devalue your Dong...
5 posted on
06/11/2008 10:35:30 AM PDT by
sourcery
(Libertarians are not Conservatives. But then, neither are most Republicans...)
To: Clemenza
He just got out of the pool.
To: Clemenza
Vietnam Devalues Dong by 2% to Fight Inflation How does devaluing your currency fight inflation?
7 posted on
06/11/2008 10:37:30 AM PDT by
Ron Jeremy
(sonic)
To: Clemenza
8 posted on
06/11/2008 10:37:59 AM PDT by
RockinRight
(I just paid $63 for gas. F--- the caribou.)
To: Ron Jeremy
Ping for your expert commentary.
9 posted on
06/11/2008 10:39:02 AM PDT by
ASA Vet
(http://www.nrapublications.org/oj/McCain.asp)
To: Clemenza
Okay, since when is a shrinking dong a good thing...economically or otherwise?
10 posted on
06/11/2008 10:39:33 AM PDT by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: Clemenza
ELAINE: "It shrinks?"
12 posted on
06/11/2008 10:41:11 AM PDT by
Revolting cat!
(Are you ready to pray for Teddy?)
To: Clemenza
They can offset the loss with some African Dong.
To: Clemenza
VietNam needs this new pill I’ve been hearing about, Viagra FX.
To: Clemenza
Huh-huh-huh! Hey Beavis!
I hear the Dong just shrank by 2%!
Huh-huh-huh!
15 posted on
06/11/2008 10:41:44 AM PDT by
uglybiker
(I do not suffer from mental illness. I quite enjoy it, actually.)
To: Clemenza
Dung says dong to be dinged.
16 posted on
06/11/2008 10:41:52 AM PDT by
exit82
(People get the government they deserve. And they are about to get it--in spades.)
To: Clemenza
17 posted on
06/11/2008 10:42:18 AM PDT by
freedomlover
(Make sure you're in love - before you move in the heavy stuff)
To: Clemenza
"A large devaluation would be inflationary," Pincus said... It is counter-intuitive to think that a shrinking dong is actually inflationary. I guess the opposite of "big bucks" is "short dongs".
19 posted on
06/11/2008 10:42:53 AM PDT by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
To: Clemenza
Sounds like the dongs in the crapper!
To: Clemenza
There’s pills they can take for this sort of problem.
21 posted on
06/11/2008 10:43:47 AM PDT by
Redcloak
(The 2nd Amendment: It's not about sporting goods.)
To: Clemenza
What is barely alluded to in this article is the fact that Vietnam, like so much of SE Asia, is awash with cheap dollars sourced via FDI. Our biggest export to Asia is inflation. Heh.
Playing it straight, that's one way to (potentially) avoid the ol' "No Thanks" treatment from the mods.
To: Clemenza
Those who went long on the Dong are taking it in the shorts.
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