The US Dollar vs the Euro and a discussion over exchange rat

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The US Dollar vs the Euro and a discussion over exchange rat

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When I returned back to Switzerland in 1971 after having lived and worked in the USA for 20 happy years (eye problems made it impossible to drive a car) I exchanged my saved Dollars into Swiss Francs and for each $ I got Fr. 4.30 while the exchangrate now stands at only one $ for Fr. 1.14.
When several years ago the Euro as the currency of the EU was created there was wide disbelieve, if the Euro could stand up against the allmighty
Dollar and at first the Euro was losing ground against the dollar. No longer, now the Euro gains on strength as the dollar is losing its. While the Bush administration claims to be in favor of a strong Dollar, the massive budget deficits and the constsntly negative trade ballance are blamed for the miserable performance of the dollar. While this situation is beneficial for the US export industry, sceptics fear that it is only a matter of time until the Japanese and other Asian countries will stop buying US treasuries an thus finance the budget deficit. And then the treasury would have to make buying its debt issues more attractive so US citizans would buy them, which would mean higher interest rates and that in turns would be very bad for the economy and the stock market.

This forum is started to discuss the problems asociated with foreign exchang rates and its influence on the economy and the stock and bond markets.

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57	With the European Central bank anouncing a possible increase in the interest rat	Alfred W. Post	-	11/21/2005
56	As you must have noted, the $ is showing strength while the Euro is falling and	Alfred W. Post	-	11/8/2005
55	The Debt To the Penny Current Amount 11/04/2005 $8,028,449,1	sammy™ -_-	-	11/7/2005
54	When Greenspan mention it so bluntly, how can that help the dollar?: - Creepin	Alfred W. Post	-	8/26/2005
53	Berlusconi has a hard time to distinguish between his personal and the countries	Alfred W. Post	-	8/8/2005
52	The euro has screwed everybody - Berlusconi The Guardian ^ \| Friday July 29, 200	paret	-	7/29/2005
51	Right you are! We are always tempted to extrapolate strait line and in doing thi	Alfred W. Post	-	7/13/2005
50	it's a one time thing, but the cash flows are not insignificant. Take a loo	nigel bates	-	7/12/2005
49	I just read the comment of Pepsi that was issued with its quarterly report. In i	Alfred W. Post	-	7/12/2005
48	Hey Nigel, even though the news was baked in, it seems to be having some impact	cbzcouse	-	6/20/2005
47	After, I think, but it was pretty clear which way things were going well before	nigel bates	-	6/18/2005
46	Does anyone know if the news about the EU Budget Summit failure came out before	cbzcouse	-	6/17/2005
45	There is now serious discussion in Europe of the possibility of the euro falling	nigel bates	-	6/6/2005
44	Right you are - it us a matter on how you look at it. With most of my assets in	Alfred W. Post	-	6/6/2005
43	<i>All this points to a stronger dollar</i> I prefer to see it as a	nigel bates	-	6/2/2005
42	As predicted the Dutch rejected the EU constitution even more strongly and now	Alfred W. Post	-	6/2/2005
41	Dollar Hits Eight-Month High Against Euro Wednesday June 1, 6:55 am ET By Matt	Alfred W. Post	-	6/1/2005
40	The raise in the value of the greenback is on - because of the Memorial holiday	Alfred W. Post	-	6/1/2005
39	Surprise, As the French voters rejected the EU-constitution the dollar did only	Alfred W. Post	-	5/30/2005
38	If the Chinese yield the demand of the American government to revalue their curr	Alfred W. Post	-	4/27/2005
37	The Greek government has ratified the European constitution. Fred	Alfred W. Post	-	4/20/2005
36	Nigel you are absolutely right, I guess in the majority of countries no referend	Alfred W. Post	-	4/20/2005
35	<i>despite warm recommandation by pres. Chiraq...</i> Because of, s	nigel bates	-	4/18/2005
34	A recent sureway showed that in the forthcomming vote on the European constituti	Alfred W. Post	-	4/18/2005
33	<i>Splendid article by Anatole Kaletsky in Tuesday's Times...</i>	nigel bates	-	4/14/2005

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