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...unusual step for China, which has historically used U.S. dollars to conduct its external trade. But with some 70% of its $2 trillion in foreign reserves parked in the U.S. currency, China is searching for ways to diversify. Beijing's main concern is that the dollar will inevitably weaken, eroding the value of its holdings, due to the growing U.S. budget deficit that is expected to swell to more than $1.75 trillion in 2009, the country's largest debt load as a percentage of GDP since World War II. "This is the tip of the iceberg," warns Joseph...
...latest assessment of the global economy published March 19, the International Monetary Fund forecast the country's output shrinking by 5.8% this year, much more than in the U.S. or eurozone. With interest rates close to zero for months now, there's speculation Japan could intervene to weaken the yen in order to help stoke its all-important export sector...
...bigger bonuses. "The week's events will cause a brain drain of salespeople, rank and file and middle management to non-TARP companies," said Scott Talbott, vice president of the Financial Services Roundtable, which represents Wall Street's interests in Washington. "The loss of these employees will weaken TARP companies." The compensation crackdown already has other private sector players thinking twice about partnering with the Administration to help unload the banks' toxic assets and get the credit markets moving. (Read "Freddie Mac: Government's New Black Hole...
City Councillor Sam Seidel said that he was concerned that the decision to slow expansion would further weaken the economy, since the construction project would have employed many local engineers and construction crews...
...year - but it sure is now (The S&P 500 is currently around 700). *The price of gold would go to $1200 per ounce. I still feel terrific about that. *The price of oil will go to $80 per barrel...I feel good about that. *The US dollar would weaken later in 2009...I still believe that. *The 10-year Treasury yield would rise to 4% (on Monday, the yield was 2.9%.) I'm still going with that. *China will grow 7% in 2009. That growth estimate may be high, but China will definitely see 5% growth. *State and local...