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Currency Wars

Économiste Monétaire · 2010-10-16 14:06:19

The Economist carries three articles this week on 'currency wars': http://www.economist.com/node/17252006 http://www.economist.com/node/17251850 http://www.economist.com/node/17257777 It will be interesting to see how much the Fed is willing to commit to QE2.

16-10-2010 2:06pm

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The Economist carries three articles this week on 'currency wars':

http://www.economist.com/node/17252006

http://www.economist.com/node/17251850

http://www.economist.com/node/17257777

It will be interesting to see how much the Fed is willing to commit to QE2.

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can you push on string with two fingers? :pac:

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Does buying the entire stock of 10 year notes count as pushing the string? It amounts to less than the MBS purchases. Being serious, I wonder what asset classes they're going to buy next, given that domestic rates are already low; maybe Euro-area debt?

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