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Pete
10-13-2009, 14:36
Dollar loses reserve status to yen & euro

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/dollar_loses_reserve_status_to_yen_hFyfwvpBW1YYLyk SJwTTEL;jsessionid=65E301CF47ED50D15170F8D6530791C 5

".....Investors and central banks are snubbing dollars because the greenback is kept too weak by zero interest rates and a flood of greenbacks in the global economy.

They grumble that they've loaned the US record amounts to cover its mounting debt, but are getting paid back by a currency that's worth 10 percent less in the past three months alone. In a decade, it's down nearly one-third. ......."

nmap
10-13-2009, 15:33
This connects nicely with the latest Russell newsletter - attached.

Of particular interest (near the bottom) is the comment from a hedge fund operator named Paulson - he thinks gold will go up a lot. That's an implication of the dollar losing reserve status.

Another interesting little item is the discussion of the increasing amount of U.S. debt - the increase is accelerating.