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

To: ggersh who wrote (26104)	1/6/2010 5:52:39 PM
From: Real Man	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71442

Quite a U-turn here online.wsj.com Ben Bernanke, Now and Then At American Economic Association, Sunday 'We must be especially vigilant in ensuring that the recent experiences are not repeated....if adequate [reguatory] reforms are not made, or if they are made but prove insufficient to prevent dangerous buildups of financial risks, we must remain open to using monetary policy as a supplementary tool for addressing those risks.' As Fed governor, 2002 'Understandably, as a society, we would like to find ways to mitigate the potential instabilities associated with asset-price booms and busts. Monetary policy is not a useful tool for achieving this objective, however.'

To: ggersh who wrote (26104)	1/7/2010 7:27:42 AM
From: RockyBalboa	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71442

Mee too: Now see what the Europeans say: Forex: USD/JPY will rally to 97.00 in Q2 and hit 100 in Q3 - BNP Paribas Thu, Jan 7 2010, 11:19 GMT fxstreet.com Related News * Forex: EUR/GBP holds above 0.9000 after the BoE unchanged decision * BoE leaves Bank Rate on hold at 0.5%; QE unchanged * Forex: GBP/USD hovering above 1.5910 support ahead of BoE FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - Dollar's long time low at 84.85 will not be threatened in 2010 according to the BNP Paribas Economic Research Department as they forecast the Pair to continue appreciating to reach 1.00.00 in the third quarter of the year. The Yen, wich rose from 89.00 area in December, is expected to move around 90.00 during the first three months of the year, foresees the BNP Paribas Economic Research Department, to rally towards 97.00 area in the secondqarter of the year, and reach 100.00 leve on the third quarter.