longbrained
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Not sure where you get your opnions but the situation on ground is much different than you precivie. Under King Abdullah, not only Saudi has managed to take driver seat in oil matters but now they are slowly bankrupting USA by massive print out of Saudi currency. Remember SAR is fixed to USA, so when SAR is printed it is equivalent to printing of dollar. Massive currency printing by Saudi Arabia will result in direct inflation in the USA. Its complicated to explain however in simple economic terms. The SAR peg with dollar provides and element of stability to US dollar due to massive Saudi oil reserves however as Saudis print their currency, the security afforded by oil shifts in favors of Saudi currency and have a less stabilizing effect on US dollar.
With increasing wealth, the Saudis are able to trade more and their currency become well demanded because it enables the foreign countries to purchase oil from KSA without engaging in Dollar transactions.
I guess you do not know anything about economics. Dollar is going down because of the large US debt. Printing Saudi currency has nothing to do with it. Infact Saudi are helping to keep dollar afloat by dealing in dollars, the so called petrodollar economy. Also Saudis buy large amount of American goods which other nations never buy eg. American SUV which have only an exclusive market in Arab countries as no other nation on planet buys them. Saudi Arabia is doing its maximum to keep Americans as their masters. That is the truth.