Thursday, September 20, 2007

Uh-oh.

Fears of dollar collapse as Saudis take fright (Telegraph.co.uk)
Saudi Arabia has refused to cut interest rates in lockstep with the US Federal Reserve for the first time, signalling that the oil-rich Gulf kingdom is preparing to break the dollar currency peg in a move that risks setting off a stampede out of the dollar across the Middle East....
China threatens 'nuclear option' of dollar sales (Telegraph.co.uk)
Two officials at leading Communist Party bodies have given interviews in recent days warning - for the first time - that Beijing may use its $1.33 trillion (£658bn) of foreign reserves as a political weapon to counter pressure from the US Congress....

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