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To: Toddsterpatriot

CURRENCIES

Dollar mixed ahead of Fed meeting

Yen hits record low vs. euro on diminishing rate-hike hope
By Wanfeng Zhou, MarketWatch
Last Update: 4:27 PM ET Dec 11, 2006


NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The dollar fell against the euro Monday after former Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan warned that he expects the dollar to be weak for a few years to come.

Earlier the U.S. currency had made gains on speculation that the Fed, which is due to meet on Tuesday, will refrain from signaling that a rate cut is in the cards for early 2007. Speaking via remote connection to a conference in Tel Aviv, Greenspan said that the dollar will keep falling until the U.S. current account deficit narrows and that it would be imprudent to "hold everything in one currency." ...

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39 posted on 12/11/2006 8:12:57 PM PST by GodGunsGuts
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To: GodGunsGuts
Yes, I get it, the dollar could rise, the dollar could fall, that doesn't change the utter stupidity of saying there is a balance of payments deficit. By definition, the balance of payments is balanced.

How many times do I have to repeat it before you understand? Is it going to take 3 months, like it did for you to realize that "triple deficits" double counted the trade deficit, which made "triple deficits" so inaccurate as to be useless.

40 posted on 12/11/2006 8:18:44 PM PST by Toddsterpatriot (If you agree with EPI, you're not a conservative!)
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