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August 23, 2008

Despite Weak Economy at Home, US Manufacturers See Growing Demand Overseas
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Weak dollar credited with growth in exports 
      Dock in New York's Staten Island Despite a slowdown in the U.S.
economy, the amount of goods the United States ships overseas recently
increased. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. exports in
the second quarter of 2008 expanded at an annualized rate of
nine-point-two percent, thanks in large part to a decline in the value
of the dollar against other currencies Many U.S. exporters are
benefiting from the weak dollar, which makes American goods cheaper
abroad, and boosts U.S. firms' profits when they convert overseas
earnings back into dollars. But as Nathan King reports for VOA, it is
not just large global corporations that are benefiting.


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