But opponents see the dollar shortage as a deliberate ploy to strangle what is left of Venezuela's private sector.

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We note the sharp contrast with 2001, when a shortage of dollar liquidity (strong and strengthening dollar, high real interest rates, low central bank dollar reserves, falling gold and commodity prices, rapidly shrinking U.S. profits) all spelled weakness.

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This was important, because the financial markets have been signaling that there is a shortage of risk-free, dollar-denominated financial assets.

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The U.S. never had another liquidity-shortage crisis after 1907, but the dollar remained linked to gold until 1971.

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With no shortage of strong competition going after the same discretionary dollar as VF Corp.

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Stones popular among Chinese, such as jade, have rocketed in price in the past several years, and there's no shortage of buyers who can and will pay top dollar.

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