Currency Manipulation, Shorter ‘Dollar’ Shorts, and Brazilian Toast
The reasons why the IMF stepped in to rescue Argentina were perfectly clear back on June 8. The peso was in freefall and though the Argentine government had spent two years fortifying the country’s reserve position, by borrowing heavily in the Eurobond market, that was merely orthodox thinking. Reserves are widely believed to be something like insurance. Insurance against what? [...]
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