Moody’s is warning that every EU country having the euro as its currency may see its credit rating downgraded if a solution to the Eurozone debt crisis cannot be found. China, which previously declined to help the EU by buying additional bonds, is eyeing investments in European infrastructure such as railways and factories. European countries are desperate for cash, so the Chinese may be able to pick up some bargain items during the debt crisis.Meanwhile, some analysts believe that the only hope for Europe is a bailout by the Federal Reserve.
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"Meanwhile, some analysts believe that the only hope for Europe is a bailout by the Federal Reserve.
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What kind of hope is that? If the Federal Reserve throws money into the EU, it will simply mean that in a few months down the road, we will all go down spectacularly. If the EU collapses right now, the savings of investors, such as myself, might go down by 50% or so (I'm a born optimist), but things will clear up in a few years.
If the US makes itself completely dependent on European fortunes, our own social institutions will be threatened. If you know the hit is coming sooner or later, you get it over with and deal with it, rather than pouring all your resources into putting it off in the hope your replacements will have to deal with it, rather than you.
This is what happens when we create a currency based on nothing more than a utopian ideology.
Sometimes the U.S. dollar isn't much more than that, but at least we have our real-value private-investment stock market to bolster the value of our paper. And one reason China is willing to buy our debt (I mean loan us money). China doesn't want our debt, and they don't care that much about our currency. They do care, however, about buying into the real-value of private U.S. investments.
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