EUR/USD = 1.7 in 2009:eek:
Measured move points to this figure.
A Brave Call

(This thread will be obsolete by then).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7006060.stm
This is a very very very simplified equation:
Fair Value USD = (Gold + Foreign Currency Reserves + Borrowed Foreign Currency Reserves)/number of dollars.
Trade deficits = decrease FCR = decrease FV = increase EUR/USD
Borrow more FC = increase FV = to stabilize dollar.
Stronger USD = bring in fewer USD for constant EUR price = more USD abroad = increase the denominator = decrease FV.
Weak USD = bring in more USD for constant EUR price = less USD abroad = decrease the denominator = increase FV = opportunity to decrease borrowed FC.
Not to mention competitiveness, which has somewhat delay effect.
Too strong currency = happy debtor.
Unfairly weak currency = rich central bank, poor people.
How to un-peg those unfairly weak currency?
DETROIT - General Motors Corp. reported a net profit on Wednesday of $950 million for the fourth quarter of 2006...........
........to become more competitive with Asian automakers like Toyota Motor Corp., wound up with a loss of $2 billion for all of 2006 compared with a restated loss of $10.4 billion in 2005.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17607051/
G.M. said it earned $891 million from April through June, or $1.56 a share, compared with a loss of $3.4 billion, or $5.98 a share, in the period a year earlier.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/01/b...Business/Companies/General Motors Corporation