Japan, India Seal $15 Billion Currency Swap Arrangement to Shore Up Rupee

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-28/japan-india-seal-15-billion-currency-swap-arrangement-to-shore-up-rupee.html By Aki Ito and Unni Krishnan – Dec 28, 2011 10:00 AM ET Japan agreed to make $15 billion available to India in a currency swap arrangement as Europe’s deepening debt crisis threatens to curtail developing Asia’s access to dollar funding. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda renewed a bilateral swap agreement with Indian Prime […]

New Asian Union Means The Fall Of The Dollar

http://www.alt-market.com/articles/462-new-asian-union-means-the-fall-of-the-dollar Friday, 30 December 2011 12:23 Brandon Smith One of the most frustrating issues to haunt the halls of alternative economic analysis is the threat of misrepresentative terminology.  For instance, when the U.S. government decided to back the private Federal Reserve in lowering the interest rates on lending windows to European banks last month, they […]