13 January 2010
In Currencies
09 Mar 2010 · 09:40:34 AM GMT
Today USD is the main acceptable currency for trading worldwide. 2008 recession has shattered US economy and today US has exceptionally high fiscal deficit, value and peoples faith on US $ has declined. Lot of countries has demanded to have some othe...—Deepak Agrawal
In response to The almighty dollar in 2025
08 Mar 2010 · 11:37:21 AM GMT
What about returning to the gold standard, since that is the only thing that has kept us from going into debt? I think it’s a good idea, if you ask me. It’s time to actually start thinking, because you guys haven’t been thinking, fo...—Giovanni
In response to Costs and benefits of issuing a reserve currency
07 Mar 2010 · 05:26:18 AM GMT
@Nicolas: You make a fair argument stating that the SDR is not to replace the U.S. dollar as a vehicle currency. Instead it should remain in the realm of official institutions (read Central Banks, IMF, etc. But, I doubt that the Central Banks ar...—Walter
In response to The dollar on the brink
06 Mar 2010 · 02:18:04 PM GMT
Why would people move to the cities when they have everything they need in the suburbs?—oscar
In response to The cities of 2100
23 Feb 2010 · 04:06:17 PM GMT
Tim, agree with most of what you are saying, without a coherent alterntative the USD is the defacto reserve. EUR? A monetary union before a political union is effectively building a house on the sand. Peripheral Europe has highlighted the lack o...—Jason Jenkinson
In response to The almighty dollar in 2025
22 Feb 2010 · 06:21:20 AM GMT
The financial system in the sense is working on an imperfect premise/instrument even though it is not the best and no alternate to this situation is even more scary. We know what happened in Greece and with many more skeletons to tumble out of E...—Alok