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...Indonesian rupiah: the six-month London Interbank Offer Rate (or LIBOR, the benchmark for U.S. dollar borrowing), is now hovering at slightly less than 1%. That rock-bottom rate stands in stark contrast to the 6.5-7% rate of interest one can get from a short-term money market bill in Indonesia, where the 5-year government bond currently yields roughly 9%. The wide gap between the carrying costs of the two currencies is what is fueling the dollar-rupiah carry trade, analysts...
President Barack Obama is taking out a blank sheet of paper this week as he weighs his options in Afghanistan, and Congress stands more than willing to fill it in. The Senate on Sept. 29 is expected to debate amendments to the 2010 defense appropriations bill that are likely to include everything from timelines for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan to proposals to send upwards of 40,000 more. But, unlike health-care reform, this isn't a decision Obama can leave in the hands of the Legislative Branch - however undecided he remains today...
Still, in the end, Obama's decision will probably depend as much on politics in Afghanistan as on politics in Washington, especially given the disputed Afghan election. As President Bill Clinton said on Meet the Press: "I think that what the President has done here is not to dis [General McChrystal], but he's saying, 'Look, my responsibility is not just to win military battles, but to see that at least it's something bigger ... for ourselves and our security and for the people of Afghanistan. And I got to decide whether we got a partner there,' which means there...
...Senate Finance Committee has shown much more determination than House Democrats in holding the fiscal line. According to the official government accounting, which leaves out most of the systemic changes, the current House bill would moderately grow the deficit over the next 20 years, while the Senate Finance Committee bill would save nearly $1 trillion in the same period...
...There was no plot against me. There was no setup. It was all my fault. I think that my wrongdoing was much greater than Bill Clinton's." - On having sex with a 13-year-old in 1977. Esquire, December...