Discussion Concerning The U.S. Dollar And Factors Influencing Its Level

My latest discussion concerning the U.S. Dollar as being vulnerable to substantial decline can be found on the recently posted “A Substantial U.S. Dollar Decline And Consequences” page. This page discusses the level of the U.S. Dollar, factors that influence the level of the U.S. Dollar, and consequences of a substantial decline in the currency. …

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U.S. Dollar Concerns

One of my ongoing concerns is the future strength, or lack thereof, of the U.S. Dollar.  As I am gravely concerned over the future level of the U.S. Dollar and the implications of such, I have written extensively on the subject of the U.S. Dollar and its vulnerability to substantial decline. In this post I would like …

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U.S. Currency Weakness – A Few Thoughts

I have written many posts concerning the vulnerability of the U.S. Dollar to a substantial decline, and the ill-effects such a decline would have on the U.S. economy and markets. The U.S. Dollar is now at 75.65, and is exhibiting weak “price action” and weak technicals.  As one can see from the following chart, the …

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Alan Greenspan On The Primary Purpose Of A Central Bank

On January 7, The Wall Street Journal conducted an interview of Alan Greenspan. I found a few aspects of this interview to be interesting.  Perhaps most notable was the following comment by Greenspan, seen at the 13:58 mark: “…the primary purpose of a central bank is to protect the value of the currency…” I will …

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Keynes Quote On Currency Debasement

As those familiar with this blog know, I am very concerned about the vulnerability of the U.S. Dollar to a substantial decline.  I have written extensively about this situation. I think the following quote on the subject of currency debasement is particularly noteworthy.  It is from John Maynard Keynes, from his book Economic Consequences of …

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Monetary Policy And The U.S. Dollar

As those familiar with this blog know, I am very concerned about the vulnerability of the U.S. Dollar to a substantial decline.  I have written extensively about this situation. On November 12, Macroeconomic Advisers had a blog post from Larry Meyer that discussed monetary policy (focused on QE2) and the U.S. Dollar.  While I don’t …

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The Value Of The Dollar – Since 1913

In the November 25, 2009 post I commented upon how Ron Paul has repeatedly mentioned that the dollar has lost over 95% of its purchasing power since the founding of The Federal Reserve in 1913. This fact lacks recognition, as does its implications and consequences. Recently I came across a feature on the Minneapolis Federal …

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U.S. Dollar Target

On July 8 I wrote my last post concerning the U.S. Dollar.  In the last line of that post I said “…I continue to believe the U.S. Dollar is highly vulnerable to a substantial decline.” As “substantial decline” is somewhat open to interpretation, I would like to clarify what I meant. Here is a chart …

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The US Dollar – A Few Comments

On December 17, I commented on the US Dollar, especially in the context of the US Dollar carry trade.  Today, I would like to make a few overall comments about the US Dollar.  Here is a weekly chart of the US Dollar from 2000, with the MACD and CCI indicators shown above the price plot: Chart courtesy …

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