Fewer foreign purchases of US assets again imply a weaker dollar.

History suggests otherwise, despite a vulnerable dollar.

Economists have no trouble explaining the dollar s weakness after the fact.

In the US, the weak dollar will be a powerful boost to net exports, and thus to aggregate demand.

One argument that economists use is that higher prices are due to the weak dollar.

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

The continuing weakness of the dollar against the euro has had a sizeable impact on the revised expenditure estimate for the current biennium.

At some point, the Fed s tolerance of a weak dollar would be taken as a lack of commitment to price stability.

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

With the US no longer viewed as a supplier of high quality financial assets, one would expect the dollar to have weakened.

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

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.

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 a normal world, the dollar s weakening would be welcome, as it would help the United States come to grips with its unsustainable trade deficit.

Because oil is priced in dollars, a weak dollar makes oil cheaper to users in other countries, which increases global demand.

The final budget reflects increased headquarters costs resulting from the introduction of revised salary scales after the 2004 2005 budget had been formulated and the continued weakness of the dollar against the euro.

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

But this dominance is waning, as evidenced by its declining use as an official reserve currency, as well as for invoicing goods and services, denominating international claims, and anchoring exchange rates.

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.

As the dollar continued to weaken against the Euro and other major currencies, exchange rate fluctuations continued to affect core income positively, accounting for more than two thirds of the increase in regular income in 2004.

Vulnerability

The Return of the Dollar

Bottom Dollar

The Dollar and Its Rivals

The Dollar and the Dragon

The Falling Dollar

The Future of the Dollar

But it is the dollar s weakness that has boosted US corporate earnings since the crisis erupted, propelling the Dow Jones Industrial Average above 11,000 for the first time since May.

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.

After the Dollar

How much is the dollar now?

But not the dollar.

China s Dollar Problem

Doomsday for the Dollar?

The Death Defying Dollar

The Unloved Dollar Standard

Two Dollar Fallacies

The Anti Fragility of Health

Weak community participation.

Coordination is weak

Don t Fear a Rising Dollar

Dog Days For The Super Dollar

The Dollar s Last Days?

Of course, there may well be turbulence when US wage levels appear low because of a weak dollar, it is hard to export to America, and other countries must rely on other sources of demand to maintain full employment.