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...raising either the price of gold or the price of the international Special Drawing Rights. There would be little or no change in the French franc or British pound, but because the dollar would be devalued, French and British goods would tend to be 5% to 7% costlier than U.S. exports...
...Japanese yen would be revalued upward by about 12½%, and the German mark by roughly 7%. Counting in the dollar devaluation, that would make Japanese goods at least 17½% more expensive and German products 12% costlier than American items. Meanwhile, all currencies would have "wider bands," meaning that they could shift up or down by an additional 3% or so from their official parities, depending on supply and demand...
...down to size? European governments insist that the U.S. devalue the dollar by raising the official $35-per-oz. price of gold. The U.S., just as adamant, is opposed to such a move. It demands that the Japanese and Europeans revalue-that is, make their currencies costlier in terms of the dollar...
...factory and store bears a sign that reads, in the Matabele language, HAPANA BASA-no work. Foreign-exchange holdings are at their lowest in five years, and Rhodesia has been particularly hard hit by the recent revaluation of the Japanese yen, which made Japanese automobiles and other manufactured goods costlier than ever...
...years many shoppers turned up their noses at "private label" goods, those moderately priced and stingily promoted items that carry the store's own brand name instead of the manufacturer's. Cautious consumers, unsure of their judgment, usually sought out the costlier, more lavishly advertised "national or brand name" products. Now these buying patterns are shifting. The popularity of private-label goods-food, clothes, whisky, appliances, household furnishings-is rising. The change is creating a big, rich and occasionally wacky sales trend in U.S. marketing...