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  • Nouriel Roubini said Saturday that China could end up with a weaker yuan instead of a stronger one as a "paradoxial outcome" may appear if the euro continues to fall and "the renminbi would have to be allowed to depreciate relative to the dollar," making a major strengthening of the yuan unlikely.

    World Leaders React to Yuan Plan 2010

  • If this sounds paradoxial, let me recall to your minds how often you have seen or heard lately some phrase or other to the effect that unless this or that proposal is promptly accepted, the resultant decline in purchasing power will bring us to economic ruin.

    Whither 1948

  • The simplicity is complex enough .... sounds a bit paradoxial don't it?

    DriverHeaven.net 2009

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