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i think china has done itself and us a considerable disservice by supporting the dollar over the past years, and really helping us fund the deficit. in the sense they ve almost masked our fiscal problems by keeping interest rates lower than they otherwise would have been. and i don t think we can continue on that route. we want transitions to be gradual, not sudden because it makes for disruption and all kinds of other unpleasantness is. but fundamentally i think the chinese supported the dollar for their own trade and export purposes, by virtue of buying treasury bonds, treasury bills and so forth and kept interest rates lower than it otherwise would ve been an kept pressure off our political system. so i don t think that s a good formula going forward. you also want to do things at a recent days, otherwise as i said a moment ago. i would agree with you. right now the question that many investors are asking in the

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