MUNICH Because China has pegged its undervalued currency, the renminbi, to the dollar, every weakening of the dollar in the wake of America s financial crisis has also meant a weakening of the renminbi vis à vis other world currencies.

America should not pin too much hope on a weakening dollar to correct its trade imbalances.

With global growth weakening, net exports are unlikely to improve robustly, even with a weaker dollar.

Especially as the dollar lost its sacred place as a store of value under the Bush administration, rebalancing these multi trillion dollar portfolios entails selling off dollar holdings, contributing to the dollar s weakening.

If this leads to a weakening of the dollar, it would also have negative effects on trading partners.

A sharp weakening of the euro towards parity with the US dollar, which is unlikely, as the US is weak, too.

Indeed, rather than weakening, the dollar has appreciated as investors regard the underlying strength of the US as a safe haven.

There is a great deal of volatility in foreign exchange markets across the globe, mainly owing to the weakening of the dollar.

The overall cost increase is mostly the result of the weakening of the United States dollar, inflation and post related cost adjustments.

MUNICH Because China has pegged its undervalued currency, the renminbi, to the dollar, every weakening of the dollar in the wake of America s financial crisis has also meant a weakening of the renminbi vis à vis other world currencies. But is China really to blame for the eruption of a global currency war?

The dollar is weakening, as financial markets understand that the US will need to borrow huge sums from abroad for years to come.

Third, those developments, together with a weakening dollar, will pose a major challenge to maintaining growth and macroeconomic stability in the months ahead.

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The dramatic weakening of the US dollar may help America to narrow its massive trade deficit, but we should not expect any sustained improvement without drastic changes in American management.

Foreigners will become less enthusiastic about continued lending to the US, weakening the dollar further, forcing up US interest rates, and threatening to undermine America s stock market and consumer spending.

Although cutting the Federal Funds interest rate from 5.25 in the summer of 2007 to 3 now contributes to dollar depreciation, this has been aimed at stimulating a weakening economy.

The estimated decreased requirement of 33.9 million in respect of exchange rate fluctuations reflects the recent strengthening of the United States dollar after a period of weakening against a number of currencies.

Moreover, America has been exporting its problems abroad, not just by selling toxic mortgages and bad financial practices, but through the ever weakening dollar, in part a result of flawed macro and micro policies.

The Narrative Structure of Global Weakening

So any weakening of the EU in its foreign relations entails a corresponding weakening of the member states individual interests.

After the weakening of the dollar and President Richard M. Nixon s decision to end its convertibility into gold, in 1975 France convened leaders of five countries in the library of the Chateau de Rambouillet to discuss monetary affairs.

In the process, officials are weakening the yen.

If the euro falls by 20 25 , bringing it close to parity with the dollar and weakening it to a similar extent against other currencies, the current account deficits in Italy, Spain, and France would shrink and their economies would strengthen.

Most of the cost increase relates to the weakening of the United States dollar, contributing to increasing costs for purchasing goods and services overseas and affecting the payroll of existing posts, as well mandatory requirements for security (see paragraph 18 below).

Second, and equally important, the extremist vote is weakening.

UNHCR was of the opinion that a substantial part of the increases in staff costs is nominal due to the weakening dollar, while another factor is the request of Member States to increase the presence of UNHCR staff (such as protection officers) in the field.

UNHCR was of the opinion that a substantial part of the increases in staff costs is nominal, due to the weakening dollar, while another factor is the request of Member States to increase the presence of UNHCR staff (such as protection officers) in the field.

As such, the Spanish dollar was worth slightly more than the U.S. dollar, and likewise, the Newfoundland dollar, until 1895, was worth slightly more than the Canadian colonial dollar.

Since mid 2007, expectations regarding long term sustainability have been weakening.

But the outlook for 2007 is for weakening global economic growth.

Empowering the Iranian people means weakening Khamenei and his military allies.

The regime has lost all legitimacy, and its effectiveness is weakening.

This worked for three decades, but now the link is weakening.

It recurved toward the southwest while gradually weakening for several days.

Bottom Dollar

The Dollar

Investing in futures becomes both a hedge against a weakening dollar and an investment vehicle that could yield substantial profit, particularly in a climate of vanishing excess oil production capacity, increasing demand, declining interest rates, a slumping real estate market, and crisis in the banking industry.

Not allowing the necessary consolidation is weakening credit markets, not strengthening them.

It is weakening the West s leading power and strengthening the West s enemies.

Weakening Lebanon has also made it more difficult to rein in Hezbollah.

After the Dollar

China s Dollar Problem

The Falling Dollar

Two Dollar Fallacies

Liberia used the United States dollar as its currency from 1943 until 1982 and continues to use the U.S. dollar alongside the Liberian dollar.