The basket was empty.

The basket is full of bottles.

The basket was filled with strawberries.

The basket was full of apples.

Here's a basket full of fruit.

Here is a basket full of vegetables.

He has a basket full of strawberries.

Where is your recycle bin?

Italians' ever emptier shopping basket

He has a large basket full of flowers.

She had a basket full of apples.

Your head is not a trash bin.

There is a basket full of bananas on the counter.

Relative to the US dollar, an equal weighted basket of 10 major Asian currencies (excluding Japan) has retraced the crisis related distortions of 2008 2009 and has now returned to pre crisis highs.

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By any sensible measure, Corzine s violation of the law was more serious than that of Tobias.

And I touched it and I went, Oh my God, it's a laundry basket.

Oil Currency Hypocrisy

The world has too many currency choices.

But what about currencies?

The bi currency basket rose by 28 kopeks to the level of the previous closing and stood at 42.28 roubles.

A recent study by the IMF reports on equilibrium exchange rates derived from models of long run factors in currency valuations.

According to almost every economic and financial criterion, the SDR basket should now include China's renminbi.

The dollar is part of an exchange rate Rubik s cube.

In the ongoing showdown over currencies, who will blink first?

After decades of exchange and price controls, the economy has enjoyed three years of open trade, free currency exchange and free prices.

All the projections say that this one billion will only grow with one to two or three percent.

Over the long run, globalization and economic convergence will resume, and emerging market and commodity currencies will have to strengthen. At the same time, the prospect of higher US inflation and massively higher US public debt levels must eventually weigh on the dollar, as does the still worrisome US trade deficit.

Over the long run, globalization and economic convergence will resume, and emerging market and commodity currencies will have to strengthen.

Asia's crisis had much more to do with mountains of irresponsibly short debts and woeful banking systems.

Currency movements, however, were merely the straw that broke the camel's back.

So, what will the New Year bring for exchange rates?

All currencies fell against the dollar and the yen.

Only when both sides make serious efforts to fix their domestic fundamentals will the imbalances be reduced in a serious and sustained way. Short run exchange rate adjustments simply cannot fix negative long term trends.

Short run exchange rate adjustments simply cannot fix negative long term trends.

The convergence criterion on exchange rates is in similar disarray.

The global implications of lower emerging market currencies are also likely to be deflationary.

For some people, it s become difficult to take their eyes off the market.

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In practice, this means fervent efforts to prevent their currencies from appreciating in value.

The Carry Trade Carries On

Japan might get some growth, probably not even a full percentage point of GDP.

In the longer run, OPEC will shift to pricing petroleum in a basket of currencies.

The implication, of course, is a huge appreciation of the euro against everybody else.

And that will require a less competitive euro higher relative to the dollar and other currencies.