http://investorsinsight.com/search/SearchResults.aspx?a=0&o=DateDescending&tag=US+dollar&orTags=0Search results matching tag 'US dollar'en-USCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)http://investorsinsight.com/forums/p/1768/2144.aspx#2144Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:48:23 GMT94e1e1ff-3922-415d-9584-19119299714b:2144traderdad39<p>One way might be to raise interest rates. You&#39;ll recall they lowered them to a) stave off inflation and b) ease credit for insitutions. We&#39;ve seen that inflation doesn&#39;t really seem to care about interest rates right now and the big institutions need to figure out their own sink or swim strategy. Further, I was just reading in WSJ the other day how they wanted the lower rates to bring down mortgage rates and yet this hasn&#39;t happened. Rates were cut in 1/2 and mortgage rates pretty much remained static. All the while the lower rates have eaten away at the dollar (recent upswing not included).</p>http://investorsinsight.com/forums/p/1768/2128.aspx#2128Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:45:14 GMT94e1e1ff-3922-415d-9584-19119299714b:2128keirsey<p>Steve Forbes suggests &quot;supporting&quot; the US dollar -- how would this specifically be done effectively?</p>