ECB council member foresees ‘tri-polar’ currency system


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>   On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 11:06 PM, wrote:
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>   Sure he can say that now so long as the Fed is there to
>   backstop everything. These Europeans have no shame.
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Right, the Eurozone is surviving on the unlimited Fed USD swap lines.

That’s a complete ideological failure for the Euro members.

It’s their worst nightmare- the ECB borrowing USD reserves to support the Euro Banking System.

ECB council member foresees ‘tri-polar’ currency system

By Jonathan Tirone

VIENNA, Austria — European Central Bank council member Ewald Nowotny said a “tri-polar” global currency system is developing between Asia, Europe, and the United States and that he’s skeptical the U.S. dollar’s centrality can be revived.


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