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Strategies & Market Trends : The coming US dollar crisis

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To: RockyBalboa who wrote (17254)2/4/2009 8:48:14 AM
From: Real Man1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 71456
 
Fun stuff - they been cutting for some time. Russia's current
accout SURPLUS has been enormous for some time, so were
GROWING reserves. Piss off the Russians game will be
interesting to watch. -g-

The downgrade is “unjustified,” said Jerome Booth, who helps manage about $32 billion in emerging-market holdings at Ashmore Group Plc in London, including Russian government and corporate debt.

‘Not an Issue’

“Russia’s capacity to pay is not an issue, and it is completely in their interest to remain current on their obligations,” he said. “Look at the country’s reserves; there is less of a chance of Russia defaulting than some of the countries in western Europe.”

bloomberg.com

Geez, who's that guy? Shouldn't SP cut US sovereign rating
instead, with 7% current account deficit and 20 Trillion
foreign obligations + huge budged deficits for years to come?
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