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<p>Brazil ready to retaliate for US move in âcurrency warâ
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<p>By John Paul Rathbone in London and Jonathan Wheatley in <span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289083534_1">São Paulo</span>.Published: <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289083534_2">November 4</span> 2010 18:28 | Last updated: November 4 2010 18:28
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<p><span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289083534_3">Brazil</span>, the country that <a rel="nofollow" class="yiv538706091bodystrong" title="FT - Brazil in âcurrency warâ alert" target="_blank" href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/33ff9624-ca48-11df-a860-00144feab49a.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289083534_4">fired the gun</span></a> on the so-called â<a rel="nofollow" class="yiv538706091bodystrong" title="FT In depth - Currency wars" target="_blank" href="http://www.ft.com/indepth/currency-wars"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289083534_5">currency wars</span></a>â, is girding itself for further battle.
<p>Brazilian officials from the president down have slammed the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289083534_6">Federal Reserve</span>âs decision to depress US interest rates by <a rel="nofollow" class="yiv538706091bodystrong" title="FT - US Fed to pump in extra $600bn" target="_blank" href="http://www.ft.com/indepth/currency-wars"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289083534_7">buying billions of dollars of government bonds</span></a>, warning that it could lead to retaliatory measures.
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<p>At a joint press conference with <a rel="nofollow" class="yiv538706091bodystrong" title="FT - Rousseff picks her transition lieutenants" target="_blank" href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/38697fba-e774-11df-b5b4-00144feab49a.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289083534_8">president-elect Dilma Rousseff</span></a>, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289083534_9">outgoing president</span> <span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289083534_10">Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva</span> said on Wednesday he would travel to the <a rel="nofollow" class="yiv538706091bodystrong" title="FT In depth - G20" target="_blank" href="http://www.ft.com/indepth/g20"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289083534_11">G20</span></a> summit in Seoul with Ms Rousseff, ready to take âall the necessary measures to not allow our currency to become overvaluedâ and to âfight for Brazilâs interestsâ. âTheyâll have to face two of us this time!â he said.Ms Rousseff added: <font size="6"><span style="font-weight: bold;">âThe last time there was a series of competitive devaluations. . . it ended in <span style="cursor: pointer; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289083534_12">world war two</span>.â </span></font>
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<p>Brazil ready to retaliate for US move in âcurrency warâ
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<p>By John Paul Rathbone in London and Jonathan Wheatley in <span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289083534_1">São Paulo</span>.Published: <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289083534_2">November 4</span> 2010 18:28 | Last updated: November 4 2010 18:28
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<p><span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289083534_3">Brazil</span>, the country that <a rel="nofollow" class="yiv538706091bodystrong" title="FT - Brazil in âcurrency warâ alert" target="_blank" href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/33ff9624-ca48-11df-a860-00144feab49a.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289083534_4">fired the gun</span></a> on the so-called â<a rel="nofollow" class="yiv538706091bodystrong" title="FT In depth - Currency wars" target="_blank" href="http://www.ft.com/indepth/currency-wars"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289083534_5">currency wars</span></a>â, is girding itself for further battle.
<p>Brazilian officials from the president down have slammed the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289083534_6">Federal Reserve</span>âs decision to depress US interest rates by <a rel="nofollow" class="yiv538706091bodystrong" title="FT - US Fed to pump in extra $600bn" target="_blank" href="http://www.ft.com/indepth/currency-wars"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289083534_7">buying billions of dollars of government bonds</span></a>, warning that it could lead to retaliatory measures.
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<p>At a joint press conference with <a rel="nofollow" class="yiv538706091bodystrong" title="FT - Rousseff picks her transition lieutenants" target="_blank" href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/38697fba-e774-11df-b5b4-00144feab49a.html"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289083534_8">president-elect Dilma Rousseff</span></a>, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289083534_9">outgoing president</span> <span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289083534_10">Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva</span> said on Wednesday he would travel to the <a rel="nofollow" class="yiv538706091bodystrong" title="FT In depth - G20" target="_blank" href="http://www.ft.com/indepth/g20"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289083534_11">G20</span></a> summit in Seoul with Ms Rousseff, ready to take âall the necessary measures to not allow our currency to become overvaluedâ and to âfight for Brazilâs interestsâ. âTheyâll have to face two of us this time!â he said.Ms Rousseff added: <font size="6"><span style="font-weight: bold;">âThe last time there was a series of competitive devaluations. . . it ended in <span style="cursor: pointer; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289083534_12">world war two</span>.â </span></font>
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