Originally posted by Jizar II We all know Bush fucked up the economy but will Kerry, when elected, be able to push the shitty currency in the right direction? ^UP^
Only if he puts in protections for the Labor force getting ass raped by outsourcing.
I think the US dollar is purposely going down. Too many companies are going offshore because of cheap labor, even as far as India for high tech help. Lower the dollar and it will bring back work to the States since it would be more cost effective.
Originally posted by polish_aristocrat Does anyone with an economic background think it is possible that the USD will be ( almost ) as strong as Euro in the next 1-2 years?
Good question! - I'm getting depressed looking at my USD account.. should have flushed the US-Rubles into EUR sooner
Originally posted by Pete I think the US dollar is purposely going down. Too many companies are going offshore because of cheap labor, even as far as India for high tech help. Lower the dollar and it will bring back work to the States since it would be more cost effective.
I post on GFY so that when people ask me what I do,
I can tell them that I work with the mentally retarded.
Anyone who knows anything about the US economy (beyond the basics), knows the dollar is artificially being kept low right now. There are many advantages to it - one is that it incourages US exports because the price is right.
Originally posted by Jizar II We all know Bush fucked up the economy but will Kerry, when elected, be able to push the shitty currency in the right direction? ^UP^
Neither can help it at this point. The USD is in a death spiral. You -might- see a bump on the election results if it is Kerry. The election (one day) does not fix damage that has been caused over the last 5 years.
Eur/USD at $1.35 is not too hard to imagine. I had it pegged at $1.50, but it is still not there, yet.
I am holding most of my money in AUD/NZD/EUR. Fuck the dollar at this point.
Originally posted by hottoddy Anyone who knows anything about the US economy (beyond the basics), knows the dollar is artificially being kept low right now. There are many advantages to it - one is that it incourages US exports because the price is right.
It's not being kept artificially low. It is a consequence of trying to stimulate the economy. Low federal reserve interest rates increases the supply of USD and reduces demand (compared to other currencies)..
Huge fiscal spending floods the markets with dollars, and the trade deficit also leads to large USD selling pressure.
Originally posted by hottoddy Anyone who knows anything about the US economy (beyond the basics), knows the dollar is artificially being kept low right now. There are many advantages to it - one is that it incourages US exports because the price is right.
Artificially? Have you seen the debt? The war in Iraq? The price of oil? The price of gold? From what I understand, the US economy sucks right now.
The worlds markets are telling you something, if you do not want to hear their warnings.... you are doomed.
The USD is merely a piece of paper that is being treated like the 'reformed' street whore.
Originally posted by Paul Waters The massive Bush deficits will cause huge inflation in 3-4 years, followed by 15% interest rates and a very high dollar.
Kerry can't stop that, but it will be a little less bad.
Ahhh, the Jimmy Carter method. We saw how well that worked.
Democrats are always better with the economy as a whole and Kerry is a very smart businessman and hasn't run any business's into the ground like bush has many times...
Originally posted by xclusive Democrats are always better with the economy as a whole and Kerry is a very smart businessman and hasn't run any business's into the ground like bush has many times...
1) What usually helps is a split... Clinton didn't start to approach balanced budgets until Republicans took over Congress... and those same Republicans started spending again once they got one of their own as Pres.
You want to keep spending down? Don't let EITHER party have total control in Washington.
2) Kerry is a smart businessman?? What business has he run? Not saying he didn't. I would just like to be educated.
Originally posted by polish_aristocrat Does anyone with an economic background think it is possible that the USD will be ( almost ) as strong as Euro in the next 1-2 years?
I doubt he will put it up but at least he can try to stop it from falling . Bush don't even try. He just put more money in his compagnie's pockets
Originally posted by rayadp05
I rebooted, deleted temp files, history, cookies and everything...still cannot view the news clip. All I see is that fucking gay ass music video from "Rick Roll". Anyone else have a different link to the news clip?
I doubt the USD will get any better in the next year
Originally posted by rayadp05
I rebooted, deleted temp files, history, cookies and everything...still cannot view the news clip. All I see is that fucking gay ass music video from "Rick Roll". Anyone else have a different link to the news clip?
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