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Appears the banking cartel is getting wobbly on raising interest rates.... traders smell blood in the water. Ought to be a bullish component for those holding gold. Dollar Trades Near 1-Week Low on Reduced Bets for Higher Rates http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206...&refer=home (Bloomberg) -- The dollar traded near a one-week low against the euro as signs of U.S. economic weakness encouraged traders to pare bets that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates this year. ``Traders will look for opportunities to sell the dollar,'' said Tsutomu Soma, a bond and currency dealer at Okasan Securities Co. in Tokyo. ``The Fed can't move interest rates. It's caught between inflation and an economic slowdown.''

How would the conventional market respond to a strengthening dollar? Last week's DJI didn't respond well. Despite the constant groan from some on bubble vision about the imperative of a strong dollar, I think the market really doesn't want a strong dollar, and all that goes with it. http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=%5EDJI

I'd add a few more points Don't forget Volcker was appointed by Carter, not Reagan. Some of Obama's advisors are ex-Carter people, like Brezhinski and Volcker. We all know the noise Volcker has been making. The interesting thing about Brezhinski is he is not a neocon and has a very different attitude about Isreal and the ME in general. I don't like Obama, I don't like ANY of the candidates.. but an Obama presidency would be interesting. Let's not forget should a Volcker type be appointed and interest rates raised to 18%, the US economy would go into a severe liquidation phase, probably leading to massive political unrest. My guess is inflation will prevail with a President Obama. The Volcker route is too dangerous.

If a decision was to be made to "pull a Volcker" you'd have to guess it would come shortly after the election of the "big 0'. It sure won't happen before the election and once the magic first 100 days are over it gets much harder to institute tough policy changes.

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