If a lawless gang of madmen, gamblers and alcoholics seized control of a large company, how would you expect the business to perform? How would you expect the story to end? What if, instead of a company, they seized control of the world's largest economy, thus, to some extent, the world financial...
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Ron Hera
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Tue, Dec 1 2009
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Filed under: Federal reserve, US dollar, CPI, deflation, inflation, GDP, USDX, central banks, Gold, US economy, central bank
The end of the de facto petrodollar standard has profound and lasting implications for the US dollar, oil, and gold. The US is the epicenter of the global financial crisis and economic downturn, but the US continues to exercise disproportionate control of the oil trade and to enjoy the unique status...
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Ron Hera
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Fri, Oct 23 2009
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Filed under: Federal reserve, US dollar, Asia, Asian Tigers, USDX, Oil, central banks, G20, BRIC, China, petrodollar, Gold, natural resources, GNX, money supply, WTIC, IMF, OPEC, Bretton Woods