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To: Tom D.

Then why did the US Dollar drop 40% vs the Euro as we raised interest rates 15 straight times?


6 posted on 11/04/2007 5:45:08 AM PST by rb22982
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To: rb22982

Because we were and are spending dollars like drunken sailors. Now we have lower interest rates to boot which does two things: 1) It cuts the utility of the dollar itself; and, 2) It encourages more spending.


7 posted on 11/04/2007 1:39:45 PM PST by Tom D. (Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. - Benj. Franklin)
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