Posts Tagged ‘US dollar’

GCC nations may quote oil price in new regional currency

By Dana El Baltaji • Nov 23rd, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News

Gulf States are considering using a new unified, regional currency to price crude oil rather than using…


Death of the dollar

By Jay Akasie • Nov 16th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Finance, Regional

The sliding dollar has prompted the region’s governments to question if their currencies’ dollar peg is doing more harm than good (again).


Crude crunch

By Ehtesham Shahid • Jan 27th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Article, Cover Story, International, The Work

Ehtesham Shahid explains the effects of oil’s yo-yoing price on the world’s markets


Pegged to the right stuff

By Kipp • Oct 28th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Cover Story, Money

More losses hammer markets around the world today, but there’s a silver lining to all this: because the GCC’s currencies are pegged to the dollar, the rising dollarhas just increased your salary’s worth.


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