On the dollar.(Just the Facts: TIE's Executive News Service:
Dollar)(Brief article)
"In the past twelve months, the dollar has slid nearly 14
percent against six major world currencies, reaching its lowest levels
since the American exchange rate was allowed to float freely in . . .
On the dollar exchange rate.(Just the Facts: TIE's Executive
News Service: Dollar)(Brief article)
"Comparing the current exchange rate with the 100 yen per
dollar in 1995 is misleading because of differences in U.S. and Japanese
inflation. Between 1995 and 2007, consumer prices rose 37 percent . . .
On the yuan-dollar exchange rate.(Just the Facts: TIE's
Executive News Service: Dollar)(Brief article)
"On Thursday, the U.S. dollar slid to less than seven yuan for
the first time since the early 1990s, ending Shanghai trading at 6.9916
yuan, down from 7.0017 yuan in the previous session. The yuan . . .
On the dollar as a reserve currency.(Just the Facts: TIE's
Executive News Service: Dollar)(International Monetary Fund)(dollar
s
"Between 2001 and the end of 2007, the dollar's share of
the world's total foreign exchange reserves shrank from about 73
percent to 64 percent, as the euro expanded from about 18 percent to
more . . .
On the euro-dollar trade.(Just the Facts: TIE's Executive
News Service: Dollar)(Brief article)
"Further evidence that the euro might have peaked against the
dollar arrived over the weekend as figures from the Chicago Mercantile
Exchange showed that speculative investors were net sellers of . . .
On the nexus between commodity prices and inflation.(Just the
Facts: TIE's Executive News Service: Inflation)
"The proximate cause of the surge in headline inflation is the
global rise in commodity prices. Over the six years to February 2008,
the Goldman Sachs broad commodity index jumped by 288 percent, . . .
On inflation in China.(Just the Facts: TIE's Executive News
Service: Inflation)(Brief article)
"Some economists believe that excess money is already partly
to blame for rising inflation. In the past there has been a tight
correlation between China's inflation and money-supply . . .
On inflation.
"Consumer prices in the United States, Europe, and other rich
countries are projected to rise 2.6 percent this year, the highest
inflation rate since 1995, the International Monetary Fund . . .
On inflation in the Pacific Rim.(Just the Facts: TIE's
Executive News Service: Inflation)(Brief article)
"The prospects for currency appreciation or interest rate
rises in Australia, Malaysia, and Singapore increased yesterday after
the countries reported sustained inflation from rising prices for . . .
On inflation, unemployment, and GDP growth.(Just the Facts:
TIE's Executive News Service: Inflation)(Bureau of Labor
Statistics)
"Since 1948, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics figures,
inflation has averaged 3.7 percent per year, unemployment 5.6 percent,
and real GDP growth 3.4 percent. But the ten lowest inflation . . .
On inflation.(Just the Facts: TIE's Executive News Service:
Inflation)(major countries facing double digit inflation)(Brief
arti
"In countries such as China, India, Indonesia, and Saudi
Arabia even the often dodgy official statistics show prices have risen
by 8-10 percent over the past year; in Russia the rate is over . . .
On Asia's role in global inflation.(Just the Facts:
TIE's Executive News Service: Inflation)
"There is a new threat to global inflation that was not
present in the 1970s. It is arising from the developing world,
especially in Asia, where price pressures are lurching out of control.
For . . .
On U.S inflation trends.(Just the Facts: TIE's Executive
News Service: Inflation)
"The index for core prices, which excludes energy and food,
rose by a more muted 0.2 percent in May from the month before, but was
up 3 percent from a year earlier, the biggest jump on a yearly . . .
On inflation in Asia.
"China, which has been a net oil importer since 1994, last
week reported a fall in consumer price inflation. But that was the one
small piece of good news on prices in the region for months. . . .
On inflation in Asia.(Just the Facts: TIE's Executive News
Service: Inflation)
"Soaring fuel prices pushed India's inflation to a
13-year high in early June, sharply exceeding expectations and prompting
the government to signal tough action ahead on monetary policy."
"Even . . .
Rod Hunter on trade.(Just the Facts: TIE's Executive News
Service: Trade)
"Back in 2004, Ben Bernanke, then a Federal Reserve governor,
looked at Bureau of Labor Statistics data stretching back a decade and
pointed out that about 15 million jobs were lost and 17 million . . .
On U.S. exports.(Just the Facts: TIE's Executive News
Service: Trade)
"Thanks to the weakening dollar, American goods of all types
are essentially on sale. The result: last year exports from the United
States rose 12.2 percent, to $1.62 trillion. And while they . . .
On U.S. exports to China.(Just the Facts: TIE's Executive
News Service: Trade)
"Few politicians talk about it, but 406 out of 435
Congressional districts have seen triple-digit export growth to China
from 2000-2007. Those exports have created jobs and built value in . . .
On oil markets.(Just the Facts: TIE's Executive News
Service: Oil)
"Since 1999, annual oil revenues for OPEC countries have more
than quadrupled, to an estimated $670 billion in 2007, says energy
economist Philip Verleger, Jr."
"Since 1999, China's oil use has . . .
On the Fed and oil prices.(Just the Facts: TIE's Executive
News Service: Oil)
"No doubt commodity traders are having a field day, but what
they are speculating on is the Fed's refusal to stop the free-fall
of the dollar. The weak dollar has created another speculative . . .
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