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  1. Renminbi to Replace the Dollar as King of Currencies? Not Likely

    There is a lot of spec­u­la­tion that the dol­lar is los­ing ground to the Chi­nese ren­minbi and that sooner or later the Fed will share the global stage with Chi­nese mon­e­tary author­i­ties. Chi­nese gov­ern­ment offi­cials and Jere­miad west­ern eco­nomic fore­cast­ers who claim that the ren­minbi will replace the dol­lar as the world’s pre­mier cur­rency cer­tainly […] [read full story]

    Posted in: China, Economic Statistics, economy, Finance, M2, Monetary Policy, Money Supply, Public Policy, Seeking Alpha, Trade, Trade Finance
  2. Are We There Yet? No Way! (And How to Know When We Are There)

    Given the events of the past few days it is once again time to exam­ine the immor­tal ques­tion posed by chil­dren and traders alike, “are we there yet”? Nope, not yet, we aren’t there yet, not even close. The bot­tom hasn’t been found in the credit mar­kets or the stock mar­ket and, unfor­tu­nately, we still have […] [read full story]

    Posted in: AIG, BANKS, Credit Crisis, Economic Statistics, economy, Fannie Mae, Federal Reserve, Finance, FOX BUSINESS NETWORK, Freddie Mac, Lehman, Seeking Alpha, Stock Market