Dollar hit by report to drop greenback for oil - The dollar fell hard Tuesday after a new report said Gulf states might stop using the US currency for oil transactions, despite denials by countries cited.
枫下茶话 / 政治经济 / Dollar hit by report to drop greenback for oil - The dollar fell hard Tuesday after a new report said Gulf states might stop using the US currency for oil transactions, despite denials by countries cited.
-hkchan(0);
2009-10-6{27}(#5592597@0)
That can be the end of USD or end of capitalist（#5592076@0)
-go4nature(zeitgeist 时代精神);
2009-10-6(#5592705@0)
Doesn't this show 政府如何操控油价和汇率是一个太大话题? Do you believe oil is run by a free market? According to the conservative value, you should oppose it.
-electionagain(tony);
2009-10-6(#5592804@0)
Can you please define what a free market is first? Does any government control the oil market? Canada? US? China? And how did government control FX using this particular example. I think it is a good example that governments
-hkchan(0);
2009-10-6{130}(#5592828@0)
did not work together. US government is on one side, where European governments are on the other side, they don't work together.
bbC 伊朗几年前就已经率先宣布抛弃美元，改以欧元来支付其石油交易。
-go4nature(zeitgeist 时代精神);
2009-10-6(#5592848@0)
interesting!
-hkchan(0);
2009-10-6(#5592963@0)
Com on. Did I say government is running oil market?
-electionagain(tony);
2009-10-6(#5592876@0)
"Doesn't this show 政府如何操控油价", I was wrong, you said government controlled old price, not oil market.
-hkchan(0);
2009-10-6(#5592906@0)
So how do governments control oil price?
-hkchan(0);
2009-10-6(#5592910@0)