[endthematrix]

"Is their an American banana industry overcome with joy at the prospects the weak dollar will make banana imports more expensive? "

I don't know about the banana industry, but there are 98 trade associations, representing the country's largest manufacturing and agricultural trade groups that say U.S. dollar "is not becoming too weak...In fact, the dollar is still too strong."

Welcome to the Coalition for a Sound Dollar

[Moonman62]

I don't know about the banana industry, but there are 98 trade associations, representing the country's largest manufacturing and agricultural trade groups that say U.S. dollar "is not becoming too weak...In fact, the dollar is still too strong."

Don't you think they have a bit of a conflict of interest?

[expat_panama]

the dollar is still too strong....

I agree with the manufacturers.   The graph shows that we want a dollar trading like it did during the economic expansion of the '90's, and not like it's been trading during the recession of '01- '02..