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BusinessWeek March 5, 2007 James C. Cooper |
How Long Can The U.S. Count On Foreign Funding? As the dollar sags and other investments beckon, a shakeout looms. |
BusinessWeek December 12, 2005 Cooper & Madigan |
The Dollar Is Still Defying Gravity Will the dollar will retain its value in 2006 given the huge U.S. current-account deficit? |
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 |
Easing The Dollar Dilemma If policymakers want to avoid a dollar crisis in 2005, they should attend to the one link in the currency market chain that is the weakest. And that is the dollar-yuan peg. |
BusinessWeek October 18, 2004 Pete Engardio |
Untying The Yuan Would Get China Out Of A Bind By keeping the undervalued yuan pegged at 8.28 to the U.S. dollar, China is making it impossible for the U.S. to cut its $600 billion balance-of-payments deficit and is forcing other nations to intervene in their currencies. |
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 Bremner & Engardio |
The Makings Of A Meltdown If investors needed a wake-up call about how heavily the global financial system relies on the actions of Asia's central banks, they received a nasty one on Nov. 26. |
BusinessWeek March 28, 2005 Rich Miller |
The Deficit: The Sky May Not Be Falling Some Fed officials think current-account woes stem from a world savings glut |
BusinessWeek May 20, 2010 Giudice & Kruger |
U.S. Assets Are a Safe Haven...Again Nervous investors flock to American stocks and Treasuries. |
BusinessWeek December 6, 2004 Miller et al. |
Why The Dollar Is Giving Way The dollar is once again on the decline, dropping to a record low vs. the euro, a four-year low vs. the yen, and a seven-year low against the South Korean won. |
BusinessWeek January 15, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Why The Dollar's Decline Isn't A Downer A steep drop is unlikely, and there are advantages to a further slide. |
BusinessWeek December 22, 2003 Rich Miller |
The Incredible Falling Dollar The buck keeps sliding, even as the U.S. economy revs up. That's a plus for business -- but there are risks ahead. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2008 Stacy Schultz |
5 Questions Craig Karmin, author, The Biography of a Dollar, answers five questions regarding why the dollar has fallen, and what he thinks comes next. |
BusinessWeek June 12, 2006 Michael Mandel |
Mr. Risk Goes To Washington Hank Paulson's profound understanding of risk and reward makes him the perfect pick for the Treasury. |
The Motley Fool February 19, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
Is China Dumping or Accumulating U.S. Treasuries? Beyond the headline numbers. |
BusinessWeek November 22, 2004 Peter Coy |
The Trade Gap: How Long Can It Go On? The rapid growth of the U.S. trade deficit has sparked vociferous debate -- and fresh research -- among international economists. Some see it as sustainable, but most believe the U.S. spree must soon end |
Finance & Development March 2009 Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti |
Changing Fortunes Battered by the financial crisis, the world's lenders and borrowers see dramatic shifts in their external accounts. |
Financial Planning July 28, 2005 |
Mutual Fund Monitor No one can know with certainty what interest rates are going to do. But understanding how various broad environments are likely to impact the investment landscape helps us make well-reasoned portfolio allocation decisions that don't depend on getting rates exactly right. |
On Wall Street August 1, 2009 Milton Ezrati |
There Are Reasons to Worry About the Dollar's Long Term Prospects The dollar's recent decline on foreign exchange markets has prompted investors to worry about a further, more significant drop. |
The Motley Fool January 12, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Buying Treasuries Direct You can buy bonds commission-free from the federal government. |
Finance & Development March 2009 Brad Setser |
The Shape of Things to Come Individual national decisions, not international summits, will remake the global financial system. |
BusinessWeek September 24, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Exports: The Economy's Secret Weapon A narrowing trade gap will offset some of the housing-related weakness in the economy. |
BusinessWeek November 17, 2003 James Mehring |
A Weak Greenback? It's Profit Fuel The dollar has been sliding for the past 20 months, as overseas investors, worried about the growing U.S. trade deficit, continue selling off greenbacks. But so far, the decline has been gradual. And that, if it continues, could be good news indeed for U.S. corporate profits. |
Finance & Development June 1, 2001 Ronald McKinnon |
Can the World Economy Afford U.S. Tax Cuts? The international dollar standard redux... |
The Motley Fool February 19, 2009 Jennifer Schonberger |
Don't Expect the Dollar to Stay Strong in '09 Look closely at a company's financial reports to gauge its exposure to overseas markets. If ever there were a silver lining for companies in this situation, the falling dollar could be one. |
BusinessWeek November 29, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Could Trade Imbalances Topple The Greenback? Pressure from currency markets makes fixing the trade gap a delicate task for the U.S. |
BusinessWeek July 21, 2003 Jeffrey E. Garten |
How China Is Threatening a Global Recovery There is an important new guy on the block: the Chinese yuan. Beijing's failure to revalue it against the dollar is fast becoming an explosive global problem. |
Financial Advisor January 2005 Evan Simonoff |
Why A Soft Dollar Doesn't Spell Doomsday China and Japan must help the U.S. in order to help themselves. A major U.S. recession would slam-dunk Asian export-driven economies and send unemployment in the region through the roof. |
BusinessWeek October 14, 2009 Peter Coy |
What Happens If the Dollar Crashes Trade wars could break out. Overexposed banks might collapse. And that's just for starters |
CFO May 1, 2005 Ed Zwirn |
Dollar Doldrums Multinationals are hedging currency risk, but they may need to do more. |
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2005 Anthony Downs |
A Recipe Sure to End the Real Estate Boom Slower growth, higher interest rates, and higher taxes are not a recipe for prosperity. So, real estate will be part of the broader economic suffering required by the adjustments our economy must make. |
Finance & Development December 2011 Eswar S. Prasad |
Role Reversal Emerging economies are less dependent on debt, less vulnerable to volatile investment sentiment, and are rethinking the role of capital flows |
The Motley Fool September 18, 2010 Tom Lydon |
Gold, Treasuries, and Dollar ETFs: Connecting the Dots Gold, Treasury, and dollar ETFs have been on a tear this year, luring investor assets by the billions with every move in sentiment. |
BusinessWeek August 8, 2005 Brian Bremne |
The Yuan Grows Up Untethered from the dollar, the yuan could become a major world currency. |
Investment Advisor June 2008 Beth Piskora |
Best World Bond Funds Foreign assets pay off particularly well during times of a declining dollar. This is true not only about stocks, but also bonds. |
Finance & Development March 1, 2007 Ceyla Pazarba et al. |
The Changing Face of Investors Analyzing the changes in the international investor base and their investment allocation behavior is fundamental to understanding the buildup of strengths and weaknesses in international financial markets. |
Registered Rep. November 1, 2006 Milton Ezrati |
A Yen for Greenbacks The supply of euros and yen on world markets has far outstripped the supply of dollars. The ECB and the Bank of Japan say they want to correct the situation. But it's hard to see much of a dollar rally given America's astronomical current-account deficit. |
Finance & Development March 1, 2000 Catherine L. Mann |
Is the U.S. Current Account Deficit Sustainable? The U.S. current account deficit, driven by the United States' widening trade deficit, is the largest it has ever been, both as a share of the U.S. economy and in dollar terms. How much longer can the United States continue to spend more than it earns and support the resumption of global growth? |
BusinessWeek August 25, 2003 Frederik Balfour |
Drowning in Dollars It's a problem for China, but is revaluing the yuan a wise move? |
BusinessWeek April 4, 2005 |
The Perils of Having Too Much Cash "Every CFO at every Chinese company is trying to find a way to borrow dollars," says China watcher Nicholas Lardy |
Entrepreneur August 2003 Joshua Kurlantzick |
Falling Behind The dollar's running weaker against other currencies. Will your business feel the pinch? |
OCC Bulletin May 22, 2002 |
Unsafe and Unsound Investment Portfolio Practices Description: Supplemental Guidance This bulletin alerts banks to the potential risk to future earnings and capital from poor investment decisions made at the current low level of interest rates... |
BusinessWeek November 22, 2004 Robert Kuttner |
The Budget Mess Bush Can No Longer Ignore The U.S. economy can't grow its way out of such big deficits. |
Finance & Development June 2011 |
Financial Repression Redux Governments are once again finding ways to manipulate markets to hold down the cost of financing debt. |
BusinessWeek December 17, 2009 Ben Levisohn |
How Should Investors Play the Dollar? Continuing erosion of the world's reserve currency and conditions in the U.S. will pull the greenback down until another crisis pushes it up. |
The Motley Fool December 20, 2006 Mike Norman |
The World Loves American Stocks Stock purchases debunk the myth that central banks are "lending" to us. |
BusinessWeek July 30, 2007 James Mehring |
Less Red Ink Now. Lower Rates Later? The odds look good for the federal budget deficit to post the smallest shortfall in five years, while conditions look promising for even less red ink next fiscal year. |
The Motley Fool January 19, 2005 |
Meet the Cash Flow Statement It's the least-known but perhaps most important report. The cash flow statement shows how much money a company is really making as it works through operations, makes investments, and borrows money. |
BusinessWeek October 27, 2003 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: A Silver Lining's Menacing Cloud Higher demand will lead to a rising trade deficit -- even with a lower dollar. |
BusinessWeek May 16, 2005 Rich Miller |
Betting Big On Low Yields The government thinks reissuing 30-year bonds will cut its borrowing costs. Will it? |
BusinessWeek August 6, 2007 Michael Mandel |
A Lot Of Drama, Just A Little Danger The global economy can handle the dollar's dive - though a currency crash is not out of the question. |
BusinessWeek September 27, 2004 Bremner et al. |
Is Asia Prepared for the Next Crisis? Sound budgets, big trade surpluses, healthier banks -- the developing world has come a long way. That's why investors are pouring in money. But the risks haven't disappeared. |