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Chinese Devaluation Extends To 3rd Day - Yuan Hits 4 Year Low, Japan Escalates Currency Race
Zerohedge ^ | 8-12-2015 | Durden

Posted on 08/12/2015 9:03:30 PM PDT by tcrlaf

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To: laplata
Cheap Chinese stuff gets cheaper, the dollar gets stronger, oil prices go down, and cost of living for Americans goes down or does not rise as much.

It will also be a strong deterrent for the Chinese and Russians in their efforts to expand their influence around the world. Those activities are expensive and they don't have the money to continue for very long.

21 posted on 08/12/2015 9:54:43 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: SeaHawkFan

Thanks.


22 posted on 08/12/2015 9:58:15 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: tcrlaf

Argentina, another centrally planned economy, hitched its horse to the wrong cart.


23 posted on 08/13/2015 6:21:56 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Democrat_media

What is a currency devaluation and how does it affect first the domestic and then international marketplace?


24 posted on 08/13/2015 6:23:42 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: tcrlaf
It’s LONG been said that China could single-handedly crash the US Economy by driving the Dollar sky-high, the uncoupling from it, sending the USD into freefall.

I hear a lot of idiots saying that, but they are, you know, idiots.

25 posted on 08/13/2015 6:25:01 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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The USA doing nothing about it.

That's the perfect response. Government should stay out of the way. Only Democrats want government intervention, right?

26 posted on 08/13/2015 6:26:37 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: tcrlaf

Fine....crash the western economies...we can’t buy their crap. then they are in a worse mess!


27 posted on 08/13/2015 6:26:57 AM PDT by mdmathis6
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China devaluation of the yuan is not going to crash our economy. It may cause deflation here in the USA as their crapola they export to us becomes even cheaper. We export a fraction of what we import to China so any decrease in our exports will be negligible.


28 posted on 08/13/2015 6:31:08 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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bs . you and obama have the samme answer and it’s wrong. you and obama are on the same team

all the other countries in the world are devaluing. you idiots don’t have a clue and you think you know but all the asian countries are right and you and your obama are wrong


29 posted on 08/13/2015 8:00:19 AM PDT by Democrat_media (obamatrade = an increase in millions more 3rd world socialist immigrants to USA)
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To: Democrat_media

Why is a strong dollar bad? What will happen to the US if the dollar is strong?

Also, What is the difference between information, knowledge and wisdom?

Whenever I meet an economic hysteric I always like to see what they know. Pretty graphs and emotional writing do not a rational argument make.


30 posted on 08/13/2015 9:17:01 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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A strong dollar is good for the American consumer: more purchasing power.

A strong dollar is bad for US exporters, making their products more expensive abroad. However, for US exporters who rely on foreign inputs for their products, they also benefit from a strong dollar.


31 posted on 08/13/2015 9:23:33 AM PDT by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: tcrlaf

Smart move. Capitalizes China. Cheaper costs in China means incentive to buy Chinese. Puts some foreign companies out of business. Establishes supply chains to China. Later, raise currency valuations.


32 posted on 08/13/2015 9:25:31 AM PDT by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: kevao

Exactly. So Democrat Media is a shill. The only danger of the Yuan devaluation is that if our interest rates go up, we are exporting inflation. Under that scenario we should expect prices here to fall further, particularly in RE.

The FED is out of bullets and we remain in a very deflationary environment. They should bite the bullet and let the interest rate float back up to normal, wherever the market takes us. That would wash out the bad capital and cause an inflow of good capital.

Once Obama is out of office that can also be achieved through fiscal policy via tax and regulatory reform. What will happen either way is that Americans will continue to innovate their way around the problem. High prices cure themselves.


33 posted on 08/13/2015 10:42:04 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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