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10. June 2009 by Dan Walkow, CFA, CMT.
Russia is the third largest creditor to the United States and holds about 400 billion in US dollar Treasuries. They announced today that they will be reducing their USD dollar holdings in favour of bonds issued by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
This follows on China, who last month indicated that they would be increasing their IMF allocations.
If major creditors to the United States are reducing their USD holdings implying that we will see further depreciation in the value of the USD then maybe you should too!
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10. June 2009 by Dan Walkow, CFA, CMT.
As reported by Mark Peery at Carpe Diem —-RICHMOND FEDERAL RESERVE — In May, the seasonally adjusted manufacturing index—our broadest measure of manufacturing activity—jumped to 4 from April’s reading of -9 (see chart above). Among the index’s components, shipments gained twelve points to 9, new orders rose twelve points to finish at 10, and the jobs index advanced fourteen points to end at -12.
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