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To: sea_urchin who wrote (22975)	4/16/2005 10:45:47 AM
From: sea_urchin	Respond to of 81318

> As I see it, that's what it's all about -- establishing "value" in the paper money stockhouse.ca >>While my point here isn’t to argue over the longer-term outlook for the dollar, the intermediate-term intention of the Fed has been made manifest, and that interim intent is to attempt a "soft landing" of the dollar’s 3-year slide for the purpose of preventing a major economic imbalance both here and abroad. Their stated goal of global economic integration hasn’t quite been completed, and until it is they won’t allow an outright collapse of the dollar – or the economy – to mess things up for them. One rationale for the recent dollar recovery rally has been the improved U.S. economic data over recent months. Yet already there are early signs that dollar bulls will run to the same extremes that the dollar bears did earlier. This should keep the dollar index relatively range-bound in the interim and will likely prevent a runaway move in the dollar like the one witnessed in the late ‘90s. In other words, the dollar PPT appears intent on keeping the dollar on a tight leash this time around. <<

To: sea_urchin who wrote (22975)	4/16/2005 6:57:48 PM
From: philv	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81318

Looks like everythng is under control. This from the very top. "A joint statement from the finance minister said worldwide economic expansion "remained robust" and that the outlook was for "solid growth" this year. " "The United States wants China to stop directly linking the yuan to the dollar. Treasury Secretary John Snow said it was now time to act. "The next step is to do it," he said, rejecting claims by Beijing that it is not ready for the switch." But there were some demonstrators. "A few hundred demonstrators at a park across from the World Bank's headquarters carried signs and colorful puppets. Protesters sought greater debt relief for poor countries and expressed opposition to the selection of Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, one of the architects of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, to be the new head of the World Bank. "We're not crying wolf ... we're decrying Wolfowitz," read one sign" Strangely enough, when I went back to that same URL, the wording was changed and the above reference was deleted. Very strange. The Authorship also changed. This was the beginning of the first release: 46 minutes ago Add to My Yahoo! Business - AP By MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON - Finance officials from the world's seven richest countries sought to calm jittery financial markets by pledging on Saturday to take forceful action to deal with soaring energy prices and other problems that could undermine global growth. This is the present one: 26 minutes ago Add to My Yahoo! Business - AP By JEANNINE AVERSA, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON - Amid fresh jitters from Wall Street, finance officials from the world's industrial powers said Saturday surging oil prices could crimp the economy and they pledged to limit the fallout. An intense discussion of the energy situation dominated the meeting attended by representatives from the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Italy and Canada. Same URL. I guess the bosses liked this latest one best and simply replaced the first? siliconinvestor.com