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The week's question
In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: bigshan   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: War, currencies and jurisdictions
Date: 06/16/25 6:13 PM
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<<If China wanted to do more business in renminbi, it would have to allow access to its capital markets, which it doesn't want to do because as an exporting nation that would cause the renminbi to strengthen, make Chinese exports less attractive. So they are kind of stuck for now. They need to either use dollars or something dollar adjacent.>>

If China continues to move up in the value ladder, they will start to open up the capital markets and let renminbi strengthen. Before world war II, the pound to dollar ratio is above 5, it quickly dropped to about 2.5 after the war now it's about 1.35. Such thing can change slowly and then suddenly, it could be triggered by wars, by economic crises, or by shooting at self.
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