Re: Frage zu Wirtschaftscrash nach Irak-Angriff
Geschrieben von IT Oma am 17. Februar 2002 19:38:04:
Als Antwort auf: Frage zu Wirtschaftscrash nach Irak-Angriff geschrieben von Johannes am 16. Februar 2002 17:45:35:
>Und als nächsten Schritt könnten sie ihre Dollar-Devisen in andere Devisen >oder Gold umtauschen. Rußland/China könnten sich an der Flucht aus dem Dollar >beteiligen.
Hallo Johannes,
China macht das schon. Da gab's eine Meldung im englischen Telegraph, Internet-Ausgabe im Januar. Der Artikel ist jetzt leider nur noch gegen Registrierung zugänglich, aber ich habe damals eine Kopie gemacht:
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China backs the euro at dollar's expense
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in Brussels (Filed: 07/01/2002) news.telegraph.co.ukTHE Chinese government gave the euro its much-coveted seal of approval yesterday, announcing that it would switch part of its vast dollar reserves into the world's emerging "reserve currency".
Chinese finance minister Xiang Huaicheng said the flawless launch of notes and coins had swept away the lingering doubts about monetary union and opened the way for a recovery on the exchange markets.
"I will instruct the responsible authorities that they should not just have a currency basket but rather that they should buy euros as quickly as possible," he said after a meeting in Shanghai with the German finance minister, Hans Eichel.
"It is an inevitable tendency that the euro will become a reserve currency for a lot of states," he said, predicting that it would regain parity with the dollar.
China has roughly $200 billion (£140 billion) in foreign reserves, the second largest in the world. A small proportion is believed to be in euros already in the form of deutschmark and French franc bonds, but a major switch in asset allocation from dollars to euros could be large enough to influence the currency markets.
The European Commission said yesterday that it was the political gesture that really mattered. "What's important is the political signal of confidence that this transmits, not the volume of money," said monetary affairs spokesman Gerassimos Thomas.
China and the European Union share a joint suspicion of American "hegemony" in the global economic system and have been edging towards mutual embrace for several years. Beijing has a strong interest in promoting a rival currency, but it has been waiting for clear evidence that the euro is a viable long-term currency before committing itself.
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Herzliche Grüße
IT Oma