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Still, in today's environment, few countries want to be the last one standing with a strong currency.

A strong currency helps contain inflation risks. It translates the surge in dollar commodity prices into a smaller rise in euro terms.

To be sure, Germany cannot be blamed for wanting a strong currency and a balanced budget.

That experience shows that the U. S. can have both a strong currency at home and a more competitive dollar abroad.

To the novice, a "strong currency" sounds like an unambiguous good.

This slowdown is partly owing to lower prices for Canada's resource exports, weak demand for its goods from Europe and a strong currency.

For most of his term the euro has been a strong currency, at times reaching $1. 60.

First, a strong currency grants an advantage to competitors with a cost base in a cheaper currency.

In time, having a strong currency may once again come to be seen as an advantage, not a handicap.

"We will have a strong currency for a long period of time, " Mr Pimentel said. "Businessmen will have to get used to that. "

Falling prices and a strong currency are hampering efforts to foster a recovery.

A strong currency hurts exporters and makes it harder for domestic manufacturers to compete with less-expensive imports from China.

But with an artificially strong currency and access to cheap debt, the Greeks took the money and ran.

Even with a strong currency, household consumption fell in the first quarter.

A strong currency makes Australian goods more expensive to foreign buyers, hurting the country's manufacturers and exporters.

A strong currency can be a curse for exporters, however.

A strong currency is, however, necessary to keep inflation in check.

A strong currency has exposed domestic manufacturers to fierce competition from imports.

Whereas a strong currency was once a symbol of national pride, few countries appear to relish the prospect today.

In Australia, a strong currency and over planting by major corporations have damaged exports.

My suggestions would be "Strong country, strong currency" . Or "Free country, floating exchange rate" .

The region has been happily sucking in Asian imports thanks to its strong currency and reasonably good economic performance.

WHEN demand is scarce and jobs are being lost, no one relishes a strong currency.

Trade deficits can also grow because a strong currency lowers the cost of imports.

Isn't a strong currency is the best defense against inflation?

Sterling has been regarded as a "strong" currency for the last 10 years.

China is Very Happy is a manifesto for the argument that China's continued rise needs a strong currency.

But in practice, countries are reluctant to do so, fearful that an excessively strong currency will hurt their exporters.

But that creates a new problem: a strong currency that hurts the country's exporters outside the resource industries.

A strong currency would exacerbate that trend.

Yet, until recently, sterling was a very strong currency.

Plus, the strong currency means Japan is importing deflation, after already suffering a decade of price falls.

An intervention would involve fighting very strong currency trends.

But Taiwan's competitiveness has been eroded by its relatively strong currency.

Few executives expect relief from the strong currency soon.

This week the Tokyo government has been busily intervening to weaken its excessively strong currency, which hit Y82. 88 earlier in the week.

I was just playing the weak dollar against a strong currency .

A strong currency makes Chinese exports more expensive in overseas markets, damping demand;