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Dollar's fall is now a bigger political issue than an economic one

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Bet Your Bottom Dollar Tensions Will Follow

By Liam Halligan
The Telegraph, London
Sunday, November 25, 2007

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/11/25/ccliam...

Trichet has plenty of helicopters too

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ECB Set to Pump More Cash into Money Markets

By Ralph Atkins, Ivar Simensen, and David Oakley
Financial Times, London
Friday, November 23, 2007

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6a8adc9a-99b7-11dc-ad70-0000779fd2ac.html?ncli...

Credit 'heart attack' strikes China and Korea

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By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Thursday, November 22, 2007

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/11/21/bcnasi...

The global credit crisis has hit Asia with a vengeance for the first time, triggering a massive flight to safety as investors across the region pull out of risky assets.

European banks suspend trading in mortgage bonds

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By Esteban Duarte and Steve Rothwell
Bloomberg News Service
Wednesday, November 21, 2007

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aTCTOhu0Jxk8

European banks agreed to suspend trading in the $2.8 trillion market for mortgage debt known as covered bonds to halt a slump that has closed the region's main source of financing for home lenders.

Securities market rigging is taken for granted

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12:02p ET Thursday, November 22, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Credit derivatives market grows by nearly half in six months

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By Kabir Chibber
Bloomberg News Service
Thursday, November 22, 2007

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a58EF32GpHeg&refer=home

The market for derivatives grew at the fastest pace in at least nine years to $516 trillion in the first half of 2007, the Bank for International Settlements said.

China wants strong dollars ... at least while it spends them

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China Wants Strong Dollar,
Central Bank Chief Says

From Xinhua News Agency
via China Daily, Beijing
Thursday, November 22, 2007

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-11/22/content_6272623.htm

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Zhou Xiaochuan, China's central bank chief, has said that China supports a strong US dollar, putting weight behind the slumping currency.

Bank of England's financial stability chief wants rate cut

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By Edmund Conway
The Telegraph, London
Thursday, November 22, 2007

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml;jsessionid=EWJQONSMADPRZQFIQ...

The Bank of England's financial stability chief has called for interest rates to be cut, amid fresh signs that the credit crunch is worsening and that the high street is already starting to suffer.

Bullion dealer to start gold trading on Internet in India

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By Suresh P. Iyengar
The Hindu, Chennai, India
Wednesday, November 21, 2007

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/11/22/stories/2007112250311400.htm

MUMBAI, India -- RiddhiSiddhi Bullions Ltd (RSBL), one of the largest bullion dealers in India, is set to launch online bullion spot trading.

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