The FT has a report the kind of which we have been waiting for quite some time. The Chinese prime minister Wen Jiabao said in public that it was getting increasingly difficult to manage the $1.4 trillion in forex reserves. He told Reuters: "We have never been experiencing such big pressure. We are worried about how to preserve the value of our reserves." The article quotes several currency strategists, including Ashraf Laidi who said: "The power in influencing the fate of the dollar lies increasingly with the oil producers as they struggle with a falling dollar."Originalbericht bei reuters:
www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSSP4876120071119
The Gulf states are getting nervous
And the news coming from the oil producers is not good either from the perspective of the dollar bulls. The FT has another report that the GCC states are facing growing domestic pressure for a revaluation. The discussion is particularly intense in the UAE, where the central bank governor has recently hinted at a change in the peg. The report says most of the pressure comes from the private sector, which is facing rising costs of imports from Europe and Asia, and where complaints are getting more vocal. The Saudis continue to play down the risks of a falling dollar.
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IYADH, Nov 20 (Reuters) - A Gulf official said on Tuesday he had been misquoted in a newspaper report about a possible revaluation of the Saudi riyal currency but the newspaper, seen as under the control of a key Saudi royal, stood by the story.
"Saudi Arabia might have started a study to change the riyal's exchange rate but it probably does not want to officially announce these studies to avoid creating concern in markets until a final decision is made," al-Riyadh daily quoted Abdul-Aziz al-Uwaisheg as saying.
Uwaisheg, whom the paper described as an economic expert, is head of studies and economic integration at the General Secretariat of the Gulf Cooperation Council, a grouping of six states preparing for monetary union as early as 2010.Uwaisheg told Reuters he had talked to the newspaper but said the reporter had misquoted him. Al-Riyadh's economic editor, Saleh al-Zaid, told Reuters he had a record of the conversation and was standing by the story. Uwaisheg had not asked for a retraction, he said.Al-Riyadh is owned by a group of businessmen and is regarded as under the control of the governor of Riyadh, Prince Salman bin Abdul-Aziz, who is a contender for future king.www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/...2058228920071120?rpc=44