They want weak countries to bear the brunt of the pain of adjustment.
Meanwhile, the Obama administration wants weaker banks to move more quickly to relieve their balance sheets of the toxic assets, the home loans and mortgage bonds that nobody wants to buy right now.
Reacting to Mr Hosie's comments, Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps said: "The SNP are threatening to hold Britain to ransom to guarantee an Ed Miliband government gives them what they want – weaker defences, more borrowing, more debt and more taxes.
If the Chinese (and others) want weaker currencies, it will come at the expense of the currencies that aren't depreciating.
"They wanted a weak Japan, and their mission is accomplished".
He wanted the weak institutions of the new confederation to be manipulable by the prime ministers of Serbia (then himself, now Mr Zivkovic) and Montenegro.
The United States is certainly said to have wanted someone weak and pliable to replace the troublesome Mr Annan, and Mr Ban was its choice (and China's).
But Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa of Japan and other government leaders made clear in December that they wanted a weak yen to help exporters and the ailing economy.
Dr. Summers was opposed by faculty members who had voted for disinvestment in Israel; he was opposed by those who wanted a weak president rather than a strong president.
"We deliberately didn't want a weak and watery list full of compromises so every judge's favourite is on there.
