Low US Manufacturing Investment = Eventual Dollar Collapse


	Low US Manufacturing Investment = Eventual Dollar Collapse

merrie

9-8-2009 4:58 AM

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12 years declining manufacturing investment, american trade deficits, economists hope exports will increase

merrie says:

Unless we stop China from fixing the dollar at a rate where US manufacturing investment is unprofitable, America's trade deficits will likely grow, leading to an eventual dollar collapse.

Posted by Howard Richman tradeandtaxes.blogspot.com/

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