Even though pre-2007 firmakeake up less of the total count of funds raised, they maintain dollar-raising dominance by raising bigger funds.
By this time, rising bullion prices threatened the continued use of silver in the Kennedy half dollar, but Brooks hoped to maintain the dollar as a silver coin.
Mr. Mecum added: "The American classics and European sports cars from the 1930s are considered the traditional investment-grade classics that generally increase in value over time or maintain top dollar.
Paul Volcker, a former chairman of America's Federal Reserve Board, has argued that China should maintain its dollar peg for the time being.The enduring competitive advantage from its surplus labour explains why so many emerging economies that rely on labour-intensive industries are worried about China's new-found economic muscle.
Like Steve Forbes, I also firmly believe that a strong dollar is crucial to our economic success, crucial enough that I expect Ben S. Bernanke to do whatever it takes to maintain the dollar's status as the preferred currency of commerce.
The Chinese government is willing to incur these losses, however, because by buying US government bonds, it bids the value of the dollar back up so that China can maintain its dollar-yuan peg.
As the Global Commission makes clear, "in a time of fiscal austerity, we can no longer afford to maintain multibillion-dollar investments that have largely symbolic value".
How much pain will voters inflict on Republicans for following through on the Obama-originated plan to force automatic spending "cuts" that nonetheless maintain the dollars flowing from taxpayers to Washington?
Tackling counterfeiting is key to maintaining the dollar's credibility as the de facto world currency.
Many experts think the foreign exchange interventions of the last two years have maintained the dollar's value at an unnaturally high level.
Writing on the Times Op-Ed page recently, Jeremi Suri of the University of Texas said that the Obama administration should set three realistic international goals: maintaining the dollar as the credible global reserve currency; halting the proliferation of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons; and cultivating peaceful relations with China.
