A bunch of cry-babies?

摘要

"The strong dollar is frankly destroy -ing the manufacturing capability and the manufacturing competitiveness" of America, complained John Devine, the chief financial officer of General Motors, on August 8th, before conceding that "we have to be careful on this issue, because we don't want to be seen as cry-babies." Yet that may be the right label for the growing band of American company bosses who are now railing against the mighty greenback—even as, obligingly, it has slipped during the past few weeks to a five-month low against the euro. It is far from clear that a weaker dollar would be good for corporate America.