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Devil Within

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With the 2 economic power of Asia ditching the USD, USD is now slowly and surely going down the drain.

This will cause USA to go into hyperinflation and coupled with it's horrendous economic outlook, USA may and possibly will look to destabilise the world in order to prop up it's USD fake value. Namely going to war with Iran and make trouble with North Korea and China.

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Beijing, Tokyo move to bypass US dollar


Yen-yuan trade plan to cut dependence on American currency

TOKYO — Japan and China will promote direct trading of the yen and yuan without using United States dollars and will encourage the development of a market for companies involved in the exchanges, the Japanese government said on Sunday after a meeting between Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing.

Tokyo will also apply to buy Chinese bonds next year, allowing the investment of yuan that leaves China during the transactions — the yuan is a denomination of the renminbi. The move lessens demand for the US dollar and therefore its value and importance, especially considering the size of the Chinese and Japanese economies, the world’s second and third largest economies, respectively.

China is Japan’s biggest trading partner with ¥26.5 trillion (S$439.4 billion) in twoway transactions last year, from ¥9.2 trillion
a decade earlier. “Given the huge size of the trade volume between Asia’s two biggest economies, this agreement is much more significant
than any other pacts China has signed with other nations,” said Mr Ren Xianfang, a Beijing-based economist with IHS Global Insight.

China also announced a 70 billion yuan (S$14.3 billion) currency swap agreement with Thailand last week as part of a plan outlined in October to promote the use of the yuan in the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) and establish free trade zones.

The move to strengthen market cooperation “benefits the ease of trade and investments between the two countries”, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said yesterday. “It strengthens the region’s ability to protect against risks and deal with challenges.”

Beijing’s concern over the volatility of the US dollar is well known, with Chinese Premier Wen noting he was concerned by the US Federal Reserve’s adoption of a loose monetary policy in the wake of the financial crisis.

Washington’s failure to preserve the US dollar’s value has prompted emerging countries such as China and Russia, as well as Saudi Arabia and South Korea, to challenge the greenback’s status as the global currency benchmark. The Japanese and Chinese governments said that encouraging direct yenyuan settlement should reduce currency risks and trading costs.

The pacts between Beijing and Tokyo also mirror attempts by fund managers to diversify as the two-year-old European debt crisis keeps global financial markets volatile. The yuan traded in Hong Kong’s offshore market gained 0.5 per cent offshore last week and touched 6.3324 per US dollar, the strongest level since trading started in July last year. Its discount to the exchange rate in Shanghai narrowed to 0.1 per cent, from a record 1.9 per cent on Sept 23.

Yesterday, the yuan gained 0.05 per cent in Shanghai to 6.3330 per dollar and was little changed at 6.3450 in Hong Kong. It strengthened 4.3 per cent this year, the best-performing Asian currency excluding the yen. The currency is allowed to trade 0.5 per cent on either side of that rate. - Bloomberg

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Those who think that USA is run by smart people who know what they are doing is going to be disappointed. USA has many career politicians who know nothing but playing politicking to remain in power. Watch what Senate majority leader Harry Reid said the most stupid thing and the media played ignorant. There are more examples of idiots like him running the top office in USA, including Obama. Not to mention the dumb majority of US voters. The real power running USA are those behind the scene contributing campaign funds to those dumb politicians.

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Devil Within

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This is not new, couple of years back prc and middle east held talks to bypass usd as the oil currency.

Yes, but I think the momentum is picking up to throw USD down the drain. Better buy Gold now as it is making a pullback. More trouble making by USA is coming. Mark my words.

And to think that our port is going to be used by these troublemakers.
 
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greedy and cunning

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uncle sam sure will cause trouble here and there with the intention to start world war.

U S Ass are the most avarice and cunning and heartless people on earth.

all the crooked wicked business practices originated from them.
 

weetabix

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If gold like most commodities, are denominated in USD , it will be futile buying gold as a Hedge - > LPPL.
All currencies are relative just like Gold. The money that is to be made are through arbitrages. Gold , silver , currencies are merely vehicles ofvalues.
 

Devil Within

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If gold like most commodities, are denominated in USD , it will be futile buying gold as a Hedge - > LPPL.
All currencies are relative just like Gold. The money that is to be made are through arbitrages. Gold , silver , currencies are merely vehicles ofvalues.

Wrong, Gold has real intrinsic value and has been used as money since ancient time. Fiat money on the other hand has no real value and only relative value depending on ruler at that time.

Take for example when Singapore was under Japan rule in WW2 and was using banana money. When Japan surrendered, the banana money immediately became useless whereas those keeping gold as their wealth storage still managed to retain most of their wealth as compared to those keeping banana money under their bed.
 
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weetabix

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Pray Tell , what is the value of gold at present or the spot price one could "buy" gold at ? Unless , all currencies are demolished at an instant with gold declared as the only "currency" , the value of gold is relative. Since gold is denominated in USD : dollar up -> gold down ; dollar down -> gold up. My point is this , one cannot simple buy gold as a hedge against the weakening dollar.
 

Devil Within

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Pray Tell , what is the value of gold at present or the spot price one could "buy" gold at ? Unless , all currencies are demolished at an instant with gold declared as the only "currency" , the value of gold is relative. Since gold is denominated in USD : dollar up -> gold down ; dollar down -> gold up. My point is this , one cannot simple buy gold as a hedge against the weakening dollar.

I don't see gold just as a hedge against USD. I see it as a wealth retainer in uncertain times. And uncertain times is time like now when Euro zone is currently in a mess, USA economy has no sign of recovering anytime soon and in a risk of going into hyperinflation, and Asia is undergoing transformation with China as a possible upcoming economic power which may or may not cause USA to react in certain ways. Not to mention the instability of Middle East at the moment. At times like these, it is wise to protect your wealth in whatever ways you can. And Gold has been a storage of wealth since ancient especially in uncertain times and times of war.
 
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Cestbon

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Next year end US$1= SG$1.1~SG$1.2

US$ sure drop because they are the one who pressure RMB to increase the value.
 

flkyflky

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Too late a move, should had been done 5 years ago and in bigger scale - have to be global. Ditch the green back globally, now already Dec.2011 should had been done in 2006.
 

flkyflky

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Major oil & gas and coal (energy) & mineral trades must be 1st of all free from US$. PRC exports must be non-US$ as well.
 
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