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1 posted on 08/30/2025 8:45:11 AM PDT by johnnygeneric
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1% purchasing power of what is was back in the day.

Not much value left to lose.


2 posted on 08/30/2025 8:49:38 AM PDT by Macoozie (Roll MAGA, roll!)
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No. If it is that means groceries, eggs, gas and lumber are also crashing. Which they are not


3 posted on 08/30/2025 8:53:29 AM PDT by pissant ((Deport 'em all))
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If a $100k house is selling for $500k, then yes, the dollar is losing value.


4 posted on 08/30/2025 8:58:49 AM PDT by marron
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For millions it’s already crashed...Those people on fixed incomes or social security have been decimated over the past 4 years and have been had a huge pay reduction, I’d guess 35% of their buying power is now gone! They’re screwed!


5 posted on 08/30/2025 8:59:53 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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For millions it’s already crashed...Those people on fixed incomes or social security have been decimated over the past 4 years and have been had a huge pay reduction, I’d guess 35% of their buying power is now gone! They’re screwed!


6 posted on 08/30/2025 8:59:53 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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Crashing against the Ruble. Jan 2, 2015 - 113 Rubles to buy a dollar. August 30, 2025 - 80 Rubles to the dollar. So Russia appears to have a stronger currency than the dollar at this point. It’s outperformed the Dow so far this year.

Against the Euro this year - $1.04 to buy a Euro on January 1, $1.17 to buy a Euro today.

Is the Fed deliberately crashing the dollar?


7 posted on 08/30/2025 8:59:57 AM PDT by PAR35
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After a 4 years of runaway inflation the dollar is now stable.

The media keeps saying that Biden inflation was 9%, but if that was true then how did prices double. That’s a 100% increase in prices


10 posted on 08/30/2025 9:08:00 AM PDT by Mr. K (no i think 10%consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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NO - your title crashed!


12 posted on 08/30/2025 9:12:55 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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Too late!


14 posted on 08/30/2025 9:18:56 AM PDT by McGruff
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People use words like crash to represent minor drops in percentages.

The key is what are people using as the reserve currency. This requires international banks to maintain a dollar reserve to facilitate trade.

Right now there is nothing “better” in the market place. But that is not going to be the case forever. Keep an eye on trading in other currencies. When you see the dollar decline in those metrics you can start to be concerned.

In the meantime our government does a good job a debasing our currency with little external help.


15 posted on 08/30/2025 9:22:10 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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Just look at the price of gold and silver since the 1970s.


16 posted on 08/30/2025 9:24:33 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the Son of Man, who has no salvation.")
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“How did you go bankrupt?"
Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.”--Ernest Hemmingway
21 posted on 08/30/2025 9:29:47 AM PDT by Captainpaintball (America needs a Conservative DICTATOR if it hopes to survive. )
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Hey....I’m making 30 bucks an hour at McDonalds. Nothing has changed.....


22 posted on 08/30/2025 9:32:53 AM PDT by blackberry1
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How did the crash happen? Slowly at first then all at once.


24 posted on 08/30/2025 9:57:24 AM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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No; these are the ten weakest currencies
29 posted on 08/30/2025 10:15:35 AM PDT by af_vet_1981 ( The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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Those that believe in the dollar will suffer.

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32 posted on 08/30/2025 10:59:01 AM PDT by Karl Spooner
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the USD is losing value, right

but the valuation is not going down gradually or slowly

it is a pretty fast descent, has been for several years


40 posted on 08/30/2025 7:23:28 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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