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value of Korean won deliberately driven down

 
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hagwonnewbie



Joined: 09 Feb 2007
Location: Asia

PostPosted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 9:19 pm    Post subject: value of Korean won deliberately driven down Reply with quote

Every couple of weeks I search for "Korean won" on Google news and the headlines read the same. This time their excuse is that Kia didn't make as much money this quarter.

Doesn't make me happy.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-12/south-korean-won-falls-on-speculation-central-bank-intervened.html
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chellovek



Joined: 29 Feb 2008

PostPosted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hmm yes. It seems the Korean Central Bank places more importance on the earnings of Korean exporters than on the value of the remittances of usually quite transient English teachers.
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crisdean



Joined: 04 Feb 2010
Location: Seoul Special City

PostPosted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

what are you talking about? the Won has done nothing but improve against the Euro and the Yen as of late, just because it's not improve against the dollar (US or CDN) doesn't mean it's weak, it just means 'the Annointed One' is fixing the US economy Smile
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Adam Carolla



Joined: 26 Feb 2010

PostPosted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

crisdean wrote:
what are you talking about? the Won has done nothing but improve against the Euro and the Yen as of late, just because it's not improve against the dollar (US or CDN) doesn't mean it's weak, it just means 'the Annointed One' is fixing the US economy Smile


Em...it's pretty clear the U.S. isn't manipulating the dollar as much as the Korean government is manipulating the won. But the main point is simply this, the won should be stronger than it is right now. As happy as I am with an exchange rate of 1120, without government intervention it would be even better.
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