| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
New York, : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2011
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (109 p.)
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| Disciplina |
332.4/1420973
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| Altri autori (Persone) |
RoyLachlan S
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| Collana |
American political, economic, and security issues
Novinka
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| Soggetto topico |
Dollar, American
Foreign exchange rates - United States
Devaluation of currency - United States
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| ISBN |
1-61470-771-5
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- DOLLAR DEPRECIATION: ECONOMIC EFFECTS AND POLICY RESPONSE -- DOLLAR DEPRECIATION: ECONOMIC EFFECTS AND POLICY RESPONSE -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: The Depreciating Dollar: Economic Effects and Policy Response* -- Summary -- Introduction -- Broad Economic Forces that Affect the Dollar -- Determinants of the Size and Direction of Cross-Border Asset Flows -- Interest Rate Differentials between the United States and Other Economies -- Investors' Expectations About the Future Path of the Dollar -- Investors Diversifying Their Portfolio of Assets -- Other Factors that Influence the International Demand for Dollar Assets -- The Size and Liquidity of U.S. Asset Markets -- U.S. Asset Markets are Often Seen as "Safe Havens" -- The Dollar is the Principal Global "Reserve Currency" -- How Will These Determinants Interact to Affect the Dollar? -- Likely Effects of Dollar Depreciation -- A Smaller Trade Deficit -- U.S. International Purchasing Power Decreases -- U.S. Net External Debt is Reduced -- World Commodity Prices (in Dollars) Tend to Increase -- Other Possible Effects of Dollar Depreciation -- U.S. Interest Rates Could Increase -- Dollar's Reserve Currency Role Could Be Reduced -- Risk of a Dollar Crisis Could Be Increased -- Policies that Could Influence the Dollar -- Does the United States Have a Dollar Policy? -- Policies to Influence the Demand for U.S. Assets -- Direct Intervention in the Foreign Exchange Market -- Monetary Policy -- Fiscal Policy and Federal Debt -- Policies to Increase the Demand for U.S. Exports -- Lower Foreign Trade Barriers -- Support for Development of New Products -- Indirect Government Influence on the Dollar -- Global Imbalances, the Dollar, -- and Economic Policy -- End Notes -- Chapter 2: Dollar Crisis: Prospect and Implications* -- Summary.
Introduction -- Anatomy of Dollar Crisis -- Possible Reasons Why -- a Dollar Crisis Won't Occur -- Global Savings Glut -- Bretton Woods II -- Dark Matter -- Liquidity Services -- Insurance Services -- Knowledge Services -- The Macroeconomic Effects of a Dollar Crisis -- The Response of Economic Policy -- Response of U.S. Economic Policy -- Response of Foreign Economic Policy -- Conclusion -- End Notes -- Chapter 3: The Dollar's Future as the World's Reserve Currency: The Challenge of the Euro* -- Summary -- The Rising International Importance of "Official Holdings " -- The Roles of a Reserve Currency -- Four Factors Influencing Choice of a Reserve Currency -- The Current Currency Composition of Official Reserves -- Euro vs. Dollar -- As a Medium of Exchange -- As a Unit of Account -- As a Store of Value -- Conclusion -- End Notes -- Chapter 4: The U.S. Trade Deficit, the Dollar, and the Price of Oil* -- Summary -- Overview -- The Dollar and the Price of Oil -- Real and Nominal Oil Prices -- Major Currencies -- The Price of Oil -- Oil Exchanges -- Oil Demand and Supply -- The International Exchange Value of the Dollar -- Capital Flows -- U.S. Financial Balance -- Foreign Exchange Market -- The U.S. Trade Deficit -- Conclusions -- End Notes -- Chapter Sources -- Index.
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827227503321 |
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Dollar depreciation [[electronic resource] ] : economic effects and policy response / / Lachlan S. Roy, editor
