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Strategies & Market Trends : The coming US dollar crisis -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: dybdahl who wrote (5315)3/21/2008 5:49:56 AM
From: Real Man  Respond to of 71475
 
You could be right. A drop in oil price or using less oil
would definitely benefit USD, since oil is a large share of
the current account deficit.



To: dybdahl who wrote (5315)3/21/2008 2:42:30 PM
From: Oblomov  Respond to of 71475
 
Another factor is that shipping costs go up, making local production more cost effective. The production cost in China is still much less than in the US, so this hasn't been much of an issue yet. It may result in production moving back to Mexico from China, however.



To: dybdahl who wrote (5315)3/21/2008 2:43:01 PM
From: Oblomov  Respond to of 71475
 
duplicate.


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