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Posts Tagged ‘ Dollar Bear ’

How to Sell the Dollar

Aug 5th, 2008 | By Addison Wiggin | Category: US Dollar & Forex Trading

In 2004, then Treasury Secretary John Snow was traipsing about the globe trying to “talk the dollar down.” Why? In a word: debt. At the time, our debt stood at $7 trillion, with interest payments in fiscal 2003 totaling $318 billion. But now the U.S. national debt stands above $9 trillion, with interest payments in fiscal 2007 adding $1.4 billion a day.



Dollar Bear Torpedoes the Fed’s ‘Strong Dollar Policy’

Jun 6th, 2008 | By Peter D. Schiff | Category: US Dollar & Forex Trading

Ever since Robert Rubin began the tradition in the mid-1990s, it has been a significant element of the Treasury Secretary’s job description to continuously state that a strong dollar is in the national interest.



How to Sell the Dollar, Part I

May 1st, 2008 | By Addison Wiggin | Category: US Dollar & Forex Trading

In 2004, then Treasury Secretary John Snow was traipsing about the globe trying to “talk the dollar down.” Why? In a word: debt.