Steve Forbes: We Have a Fixed Currency IN the US
Steve Forbes at about 2:46 talking about China's fixed ex-rate at 6.83 Yuan per dollar since the summer of 2008:
"Fixed currencies - we should be in favor of them, because it makes life easier. We have a fixed currency between California and New York, and it's a good thing."
Related: Greg Mankiw's view on China's currency.
"Critics of China say it is keeping the yuan undervalued to gain an advantage in the international marketplace. A cheaper yuan makes Chinese goods less expensive in the United States and American goods more expensive in China. As a result, American producers find it harder to compete with Chinese imports in the United States and to sell their own exports in China.
There is, however, another side to the story. The loss to American producers comes with a gain to the many millions of American consumers who prefer to pay less for the goods they buy."
