Andrew Busch
Andrew Busch
bottom clearly hurting worst
It's the worst of all worlds. Clearly there's been a deceleration of the manufacturing sector. That's hurting the dollar, bottom line.
growth strong
There's strong growth and no inflation. It doesn't get any better than that.
fueled heels japan russia saying
(South Korea's announcement) comes on the heels of Russia saying the same thing. This has fueled speculation that Japan may do the same,
economy event focused hurricane market slower tips worrying
The market is focused on the hurricane and worrying that this is the exogenous event that tips the U.S. economy into much slower growth.
front interest market rate support
The market is disappointed the ECB is not doing more on the interest rate front to support its currency.
china chinese great imports news nor stems textile tide weakness
The dollar's weakness stems from many factors. The China news is one of them, ... It is great electioneering rhetoric, but the import quotas will not stem the tide of Chinese textile imports... nor any other imports from China.
against bear brunt dollar euro primarily
The dollar sell-off against the euro makes sense because it is primarily the U.S. that is going to bear the brunt of the problem.
change dollar early far news plan reserve south
The dollar is under pressure. This started early in the Far East, with news of South Korea's plan to change reserve ratios.
coming comments fed focused increase inflation march rate support
The comments coming from the Fed are focused on inflation and have put a rate increase in March back on the table. That will support the dollar.
comments far federal goes initial looking mainly perhaps situation
This has mainly to do with the comments from the (U.S. Federal Reserve) indicating they perhaps are looking at a 'one and done' situation as far as tightening goes for the initial part of 2006.