[freedomfiter2]

Rising against a basket of currencies isn’t the same as rising against things people buy. It could be that the dollar is just losing value more slowly than the others.

[expat_panama]

Rising against a basket of currencies isn’t the same as rising against things people buy.

It's the difference between devaluing and inflation.

de•val•ue

(diˈvæl yu)

v. -val•ued, -val•u•ing. v.t.

1. to set a lower exchange value on (a currency).

in·fla·tion

inˈflāSH(ə)n/

noun

noun: inflation Economics

a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.

"policies aimed at controlling inflation"

We hear pundits and posters confuse these terms a lot.