Fri 2008-05-30 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Fed Considering Adding Foreign Currency Instruments to Facilities

weaning banks from TAF will prove difficult

Facility; Fed Considering Adding Foreign Currency Instruments; naked capitalism.

Wed 2008-05-28 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Scary Bad Increase in Chinese Foreign Currency Reserves

Chinese Foreign Currency Reserves; naked capitalism; Scary Bad Increase.

Sat 2008-05-24 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Commodities Spike: Vote of No Confidence in Central Bankers?

Steve Waldman; commodity price run-up due to loss of faith in monetrary authorities? large-scale repudiation of financial assets; "nd of a paradigm: large scale OTC markets, lightly regulated players and instruments, dollar as reserve currency, US as the most important global economic actors"

central bankers; Commodities Spike; Confidence; naked capitalism; voting.

Wed 2008-05-21 00:00 EDT

Winter (Economic & Market) Watch >> Berserker Funds in Commodities

Winter (Economic & Market) Watch >> Berserker Funds in Commodities; Michael Masters testifies on commodity speculation; "f investors (or whatever) held a stable currency with accurately rated (rather than bogus) investment grade financial instruments, with a positive real rate of return, against a truthful inflation number, would they be loaded to the gills with everything from grains to oil to cattle?"

Berserkers Funds; Commodities; economic; Market; watch; winter.

Fri 2008-03-28 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Chinese Avoiding Dollar as Invoicing Currency

Chinese Avoiding Dollar; Invoicing Currency; naked capitalism.

Mon 2008-01-07 00:00 EST

Money Matters: Mexican Truckers Still Allowed Into US

by Elaine Meinel Supkis; "All the world's currencies are 'misaligned' because monetarism is the new tool for DESTROYING OTHER NATION'S INDUSTRIAL POWERS!"

allowed; Mexican truckers; money matters.

Mon 2008-01-07 00:00 EST

Money Matters: Yen Rises, Nikkei Falls

by Elaine Meinel Supkis; "Thus is the inglorious end to globalization: the simultaneous attempt at kamikaze-inspired crashing of currencies into the flight decks of trade rivals."; Japanese use of forex reserves to weaken the yen caused the Asian currency crisis

money matters; Nikkei falls; yen Rises.

Fri 2007-12-07 00:00 EST

Money Matters: The NYT Has Really Stupid Editorials About Finances

by Elaine Meinel Supkis; "expecting China to begin pressuring Japan into a joint currency rise based on secret protocols which concerns military presence in Asia of the US fleets"

finance; money matters; NYT; Really Stupid Editorials.

Thu 2007-11-29 00:00 EST

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Currency Twilight Zone

dollar losing reserve currency status

Currency Twilight Zone; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis.

Mon 2007-11-26 00:00 EST

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Currency Twilight Zone

dollar losing reserve currency status

Currency Twilight Zone; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis.

Thu 2007-10-18 00:00 EDT

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Why does fiat money seemingly work ?

by "Trotsky"; money history; inflation "cleverly disguised tax"; currency debasement irresistable to ruling class

fiat money seemingly work; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis.

Mon 2007-10-08 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Vietnam and Qatar Retreat From Dollar

dollar losing reserve currency status

Dollar; naked capitalism; Qatar Retreat; Vietnam.

Sun 2007-09-23 00:00 EDT

Bits of News - The Unwinding of the Asian Currency Crisis

by Garrett Johnson

Asian currency crisis; Bits; news; unwinds.

Thu 2007-09-20 00:00 EDT

The Canadian Press: Report: Greenspan says euro could replace U.S. dollar as reserve currency

(AP); dollar losing reserve currency status

Canadian Press; Greenspan says euro; replace U.S. dollar; report; reserve currency.

Thu 2007-09-20 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Has the Repudiation of the Dollar Begun?

dollar losing reserve currency status

Dollar Begun; naked capitalism; repudiation.

Thu 2007-08-16 00:00 EDT

Eugene Linden: Collapse of a Fiat Currency: The AAA-Rated CDO Tranche -- What to Do - Business on The Huffington Post

Eugene Linden: Collapse of a Fiat Currency: The AAA-Rated CDO Tranche -- What to Do, by Eugene Linden

AAA-Rated CDO Tranche; business; Collapse; Eugene Linden; fiat currency; Huffington Post.