Display:
Benn thinking about that, actually.

But if there's one thing in this that hasn't been obvious to me, it's what will happen to USD.

Nil aon leigheas ar an ngra ach posadh

by redstar on Tue Jan 22nd, 2008 at 09:15:57 AM EST
[ Parent ]
If the US lowers rates it makes it that much less attractive for the rest of the world to keep using their excess dollars to buy T Bills etc.

Also, expect other Gulf states to follow Kuwait out of the Dollar peg soon.

Which won't help the dollar any.

The USD has a lot further to go, and will undoubtedly be oversold in the process, to be dragged back if and when the US can correct the trade balance.....

"Any economic unit can emit money. The serious problem is to get it accepted" Hyman Minsky

by ChrisCook (cojockathotmaildotcom) on Tue Jan 22nd, 2008 at 09:20:32 AM EST
[ Parent ]
I know, I know, but rationality hasn't really followed events here so far. A rate cut could potentially in the short term at least cause a bit more bad money to chase good in the US.

What you say is of course true, and it will fall. It's just a matter of when, and timing a fall is hard to do, and potentially more expensive than I can afford...

Nil aon leigheas ar an ngra ach posadh

by redstar on Tue Jan 22nd, 2008 at 10:04:35 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Also, while true the USD must fall, it is less obvious that it wil fall by much to the Euro.

Nil aon leigheas ar an ngra ach posadh
by redstar on Tue Jan 22nd, 2008 at 10:05:10 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Good point.

Currencies backed by oil are not a bad option to have a deposit in: Norway and the Gulf States come to mind - even (whisper it not) the Rouble.

"Any economic unit can emit money. The serious problem is to get it accepted" Hyman Minsky

by ChrisCook (cojockathotmaildotcom) on Tue Jan 22nd, 2008 at 10:24:06 AM EST
[ Parent ]
Why not just buy gold... or even better silver, I wouldn't rule out a silver standard in the future, would make sense imho
by acrowe on Tue Jan 22nd, 2008 at 05:18:35 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Display:
Login
. Make a new account
. Reset password
Recommended Diaries
Clipping the wings of a judge
by Migeru - Feb 10
58 comments

Sarkozy: Enemies Ahoy!
by afew - Feb 10
36 comments

Hunger March wins PR battle
by DoDo - Feb 9
3 comments

LQD: Unsustainable irrigation
by Melanchthon - Feb 9
1 comment

Romania: protests change government
by DoDo - Feb 8
6 comments

Obama wins GOP Primaries (to date)
by Frank Schnittger - Feb 8
10 comments

Murdoch - Outsourcing and Hubris
by ceebs - Feb 3
18 comments

Bristol Pound
by ChrisCook - Feb 7
14 comments

Recent Diaries
Sarkozy: Enemies Ahoy!
by afew - Feb 10
36 comments

Clipping the wings of a judge
by Migeru - Feb 10
58 comments

LQD: Unsustainable irrigation
by Melanchthon - Feb 9
1 comment

Hunger March wins PR battle
by DoDo - Feb 9
3 comments

Obama wins GOP Primaries (to date)
by Frank Schnittger - Feb 8
10 comments

Romania: protests change government
by DoDo - Feb 8
6 comments

Answers to the Renewable Energy Consultation
by Luis de Sousa - Feb 7

Bristol Pound
by ChrisCook - Feb 7
14 comments

The Imitation Of Germany
by afew - Feb 4
31 comments

Strange Fruit
by Frank Schnittger - Feb 4
14 comments

Murdoch - Outsourcing and Hubris
by ceebs - Feb 3
18 comments

Mismatch with the Natural Gas Market
by Luis de Sousa - Feb 3
22 comments

The Future of Economics
by ARGeezer - Feb 2
191 comments

Desert Island Discs - Helen's distortions
by Helen - Jan 31
48 comments

Gorila
by DoDo - Jan 29
14 comments

Rail News Blogging #7
by DoDo - Jan 29
15 comments

Obama's State Of The Union: LQD
by Crazy Horse - Jan 25
74 comments

Democracy Technology
by gmoke - Jan 24
1 comment

The Hydrogen dream
by Luis de Sousa - Jan 24
49 comments

ET Paris Meet-Up 2012 (2 UPDATE)
by afew - Jan 23
113 comments

More Diaries...
Occasional Series