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Trade Deficits, Value of the Dollar and the Global Economy

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By Dr. Albert Keidel
Published on Dec 20, 2006
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The dollar, the world's predominant currency, has dropped in value by about 18 percent over the last five years. Carnegie Senior Associate Albert Keidel appeared on The Diane Rehm Show with other experts to talk about what a continuing slide could mean for American consumers, U.S. trade deficits, and the global economy. 

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Dr. Albert Keidel

Former Senior Associate, China Program

Keidel served as acting director and deputy director for the Office of East Asian Nations at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Before joining Treasury in 2001, he covered economic trends, system reforms, poverty, and country risk as a senior economist in the World Bank office in Beijing.

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