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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 10:24 PM Original message |
(Russian) Central Bank stops supporting dollar |
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Boredtodeath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ohhhhhh, shit! |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. Whoa! |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. Guess w was drunk when he looked into Putin's soul. Looks as if they |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 10:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I think they're just covering their ass. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. thank you, Canadian friend... |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. OUCH!!!!..................Doesn't look good. |
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RebelYell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. Quoting a friend when I told him about this article: |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 11:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. We are in perfect strom territory |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 04:03 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. And porgie and his crew,will never miss a beat,because if... |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-04 06:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
43. Does this fit with "...everybody loses their appetite for US debt"? |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-04 07:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
46. About China..... |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-04 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
8. the tie between the ruple and the dollar |
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juliagoolia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 03:20 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. This has been predicted for a while... dollar dropping and deficit growing |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 09:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. that particular article was from March 2003 |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 04:40 AM Response to Original message |
12. Oh please |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 05:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. The problem I see is that OPEC nations, |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 05:59 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. surely it is |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-04 08:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
50. a question for you, sweetheart |
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aneerkoinos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 06:46 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Russia |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 10:07 AM Response to Reply #16 |
59. Japan is not about to start dumping dollars for euros |
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aneerkoinos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 06:28 AM Response to Original message |
15. Why now? |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 08:43 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I agree. Remember during the primaries when Kerry said |
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lil-petunia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 08:59 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. A great NPR story on this issue this morning. Of course, it was 5AM |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-04 08:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
49. So if Kerry wins, |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-04 08:46 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Hopefully Kerry is paying attention to the situation nt |
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aneerkoinos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 06:09 AM Response to Reply #49 |
55. ... he's fu**ed |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 10:01 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Seymore Hersch agrees also. |
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aneerkoinos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 10:27 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Unlikely |
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RebelYell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
20. Thank you all for helping me grasp the implications |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
23. a kick, and a thanks |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
24. Hell, if bush wins again, I'm switching all my assets to be euro based. |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
25. after reading these informative responses, am I to assume.... |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 03:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. That would be a correct assumption. Japan proved 15 years |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 03:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. two things.... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 03:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. The UK tanked with much the same issues in the 60s and 70s. |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 04:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I thought the UK tanked in the 60's because of misguided |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 05:55 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Everyone has an opinion. |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
27. As in all things, there is a 'tipping point'... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 03:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Nobody knows. |
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Mr E McSquare (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
31. pheeeew!! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-04 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
34. The dollar is falling against the yen as well |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-04 08:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. Japan will be "propping up the dollar" through intervention.... |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 10:14 AM Response to Reply #34 |
60. Now it's down to 106.65 |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-04 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
35. "China Dumps Dollars for Oil and Gold" |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-04 05:00 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Have these "facts" been reported by any major newspapers |
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NVMojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-04 05:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. isn't there some sort of relation to this story and the one |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-04 05:15 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. We've been hearing rumors of this for years |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 07:08 AM Response to Reply #37 |
57. no, IMHO not |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-04 05:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. China just used $6 billion of its US dollars |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-04 06:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. That isn't "dumping" and it's not honest to call it that |
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Chicago Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-04 06:43 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. The Chinese have gigantic Dollar reserves... |
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Dancing_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-04 06:07 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. I wonder if the world is trying to send America a message? |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 08:20 AM Response to Reply #41 |
58. Because THERE IS *NO* DUMPING going on. |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-04 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
42. dollar now open on overseas markets - dropping |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-04 08:09 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. now at 85.12 ....... n/t |
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Chicago Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-04 08:57 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. $550 Billion in new T-Bills, $500 Billion trade deficit which would |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-04 09:01 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. someone sent me this link earlier |
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Chicago Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 12:00 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Holy yikes! very "interesting" |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-04 06:39 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. what was that ancient curse? |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-04 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
45. It would seem to me, naive as it may be, that, when a country... |
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