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It may be a good time now for the government to reassess the dollar volatility
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Time for UAE to rethink dollar peg
Peak Oil News —
... the Arab world's second biggest economy, is part of the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council. It was also part of a planned monetary union till May this year when it walked away over a dispute. The move frees up its monetary policy from certain obligations. "It may be a good time now for the government to reassess the dollar volatility," Hamad Bu Amim, Dir-ector-General of the Dubai Chamber, told Gulf News. "We always link our monetary and fiscal policies with the United States." Gulf News
Drumbeat: November 2, 2009
The Oil Drum —
... the weak dollar. This thinking is at the heart of the Middle Eastern country's decision last week to abandon its long alliance with West Texas Intermediate crude – the famous oil used by most global producers to price their exports to the US.
It is both a technical issue and a symbolic shift that strikes a blow to the domin-ance of the New York Mercan-tile Exchange, the world's biggest centre of oil trading where the most popular products relate to WTI crude.
Time for UAE to rethink dollar peg
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