Comments on: North Korea’s Failed Currency Reform http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2010/02/07/north-koreas-failed-currency-reform/ News and analysis of the North Korean economy Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:18:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: c. http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2010/02/07/north-koreas-failed-currency-reform/#comment-179907 c. Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:08:55 +0000 http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2010/02/07/north-koreas-failed-currency-reform/#comment-179907 Can't it be that corn is more volatile simply because it's less popular, and thus less liquid? Read it somewhere that market prices for rice usually fluctuate, too, falling sharply after harvest. (And that it didn't happen in 2009 due to all kinds of uncertainties.) Raw data might be more useful indeed. Can’t it be that corn is more volatile simply because it’s less popular, and thus less liquid?

Read it somewhere that market prices for rice usually fluctuate, too, falling sharply after harvest. (And that it didn’t happen in 2009 due to all kinds of uncertainties.) Raw data might be more useful indeed.

]]> By: Gag Halfrunt http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2010/02/07/north-koreas-failed-currency-reform/#comment-179131 Gag Halfrunt Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:14:03 +0000 http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2010/02/07/north-koreas-failed-currency-reform/#comment-179131 I think that the scale on the left is for rice and the scale on the right is for corn. I think that the scale on the left is for rice and the scale on the right is for corn.

]]> By: colin http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2010/02/07/north-koreas-failed-currency-reform/#comment-179034 colin Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:28:30 +0000 http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2010/02/07/north-koreas-failed-currency-reform/#comment-179034 on that first chart, both the right and left side are labeled "old NKW" I assume that the right is actually new NKW? on that first chart, both the right and left side are labeled “old NKW” I assume that the right is actually new NKW?

]]> By: NKeconWatch http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2010/02/07/north-koreas-failed-currency-reform/#comment-179032 NKeconWatch Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:19:38 +0000 http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2010/02/07/north-koreas-failed-currency-reform/#comment-179032 Good eye peter. Fixed. This is what happens when you rush a blog post so you can go to bed. Good eye peter. Fixed. This is what happens when you rush a blog post so you can go to bed.

]]> By: peter http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2010/02/07/north-koreas-failed-currency-reform/#comment-179030 peter Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:00:02 +0000 http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2010/02/07/north-koreas-failed-currency-reform/#comment-179030 The way I read the graph it's the corn that's volatile (red dots), and the rice that's stable (blue dots). Am I misinterpreting the data? The way I read the graph it’s the corn that’s volatile (red dots), and the rice that’s stable (blue dots). Am I misinterpreting the data?

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