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March 12, 2008

Fed's move causes further dollar erosion

The dollar lost more ground to the Euro this morning, as might have been expected. The only way the Federal Reserve can address the mortgage meltdown is to flood the world with dollars. You remember what they taught you: value falls when supply rises relative to demand. There is little demand for dollars. This from the AP:

LONDON - The U.S. dollar was lower against other major currencies in European trading Wednesday morning. Gold edged higher.

The euro traded at $1.5455, up from $1.5319 late Tuesday in New York.

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About Jay Hancock
Jay Hancock has been a financial columnist for The Baltimore Sun since 2001. He has also been The Baltimore Sun's diplomatic correspondent in Washington and its chief economics writer. Before moving to Baltimore in 1994 he worked for The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk and The Daily Press of Newport News.

His columns appear Tuesdays and Sundays.
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