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Randomness ([personal profile] randomness) wrote2008-07-15 09:06 am
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Well, the currency markets appear to have spoken.

And they don't like the plan for bailing out the GSEs.

The euro is up to $1.60, the pound is back over $2, the loonie is back over parity, the swissie is only a whisker below, and the aussie is over 98 cents.

But what's the dollar at?

[identity profile] ddreslough.livejournal.com 2008-07-15 01:44 pm (UTC)(link)
(couldn't resist...)

Re: But what's the dollar at?

[identity profile] r-ness.livejournal.com 2008-07-15 02:04 pm (UTC)(link)
:)

Re: But what's the dollar at?

[identity profile] whitebird.livejournal.com 2008-07-15 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Parity.

Re: But what's the dollar at?

[identity profile] ddreslough.livejournal.com 2008-07-15 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I agree! Party!

[identity profile] koshmom.livejournal.com 2008-07-15 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Did you hear what the shrub just said?

"It's been a difficult time for American families," Bush said at a news conference. "We must ensure we can continue providing credit during this time of stress."

Yes, get American families to dig themselves even deeper into a hole, but don't do anything to make the hole shallower. If anything, make the hole larger because you've just made it easier for them to fall further into it.