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A wrench in the gears? Basel II, the credit crunch and an economic slump: what export credit professionals should know.(International feature)
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While mainstream media outlets have worked their hardest to paint an uncompromisingly gloomy picture of the global economy, one sector that's received little coverage is the world of U.S. exporters, that is currently breaking records left and right, and why not? The dollar is currently cheap, making U.S. goods more affordable to other countries and more available to other customers who might not have been able to buy goods and services were the dollar stronger.
One of the main reasons for the dollar's precipitous decline in value, and, consequently, the meteoric rise in export sales, is the Federal Reserve Bank's decision to spur ...
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