Currency volatility has been rampant in 2010, and all in all we are near where we started the year
. The important point is the strained relationship which continues between our governments which will effect global growth related to uncertainty and volatility. US pressure to effect China policy is such a touchy subject that markets become unsettled, this is reflected in the current unwinding and revaluing of positions by many fund managers.
Currency usually trends in one direction for many years (if you look back over charts) and since the combining of currencies to create the Euro on December 16th, 1995 governments have used currency tools as part of economic policy. The looming battle between the US and China will keep an unsettled wedge between valuation and logic for years to come in global equities.
World financial officials are warning that heightened tensions between nations over currency values pose a rising threat to a fragile global economy. Leaders at both the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank say conflict between China and the United States over the value of the Chinese yuan could spiral into a more serious economic problem.
Fears of a looming international currency war helped send the dollar to an eight-month low against the euro Thursday.
World Bank President Robert Zoellick says tensions over currencies could undermine investor confidence at a time when the world is looking to the private sector to bolster growth
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