Wednesday, October 20, 2010

China's not the villain if the West tries to debase its debt through QE - Telegraph

China's not the villain if the West tries to debase its debt through QE
China's exports and currency are blamed for the West's economic woes. Photo: EPA

The annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund in Washington are supposed to generate some kind of resolution. Instead, all we got was posturing and a slew of pious speeches saying that "co-operation is crucial".

What is now clear is that some of the world's leading economies are deliberately debasing their currencies in order to make their exports more competitive and lower the real value of the massive debts they owe the rest of the world.

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