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The US dollar is on track for its worst year in modern history

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124 points harambae | 1 comments | 04 Jul 25 06:47 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jamisteven ◴[04 Jul 25 07:19 UTC] No.44461982[source]▶
Entirely by design.
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ggm ◴[04 Jul 25 07:29 UTC] No.44462042[source]▶
Cheaper dollar boosts US exports. Makes imports more expensive even before tarrifs. Which situationally, some industrial sectors will want. The exporting ones. The ones reliant on imports, less such.

The US isn't self sufficient in food. Food imports are going to get more expensive.

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lifestyleguru ◴[04 Jul 25 07:54 UTC] No.44462222[source]▶
> boosts US exports

The world doesn't need that much guns and missiles. There are two major markets currently and that's all mostly.

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throwaway29447 ◴[04 Jul 25 09:06 UTC] No.44462675[source]▶
> The world doesn't need that much guns and missiles.

Yet they seem to be begging for them pretty hard.

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1. lifestyleguru ◴[04 Jul 25 09:11 UTC] No.44462721[source]▶
> Yet they seem to be begging for them

American socia media takes care that they are all engaged, quarrelsome, and polarized.