Re: international finance question

[Anthony D'Costa <dcosta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good question but I don't think all debts are dollar-denominated.  The
portfolio of outstanding debts is quite varied--short and long term,
concessional and private loans, and grants, and so on. One will have to
look at the breakdown of debts to get a sense of this.

anthony
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On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, Michael Perelman wrote:

> If the Asian economies are propping up the dollar, how much does that policy cost
> poor nations that have to pay off debts in dollars?
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