The Strong Dollar and the Weak Dollar Explained

The Strong Dollar and the Weak Dollar Explained
U.S. dollar bank notes are seen on top of Colombian peso bills in Bogota, Columbia, on Oct. 24, 2022. Daniel Munoz/AFP via Getty Images
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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If you are trying to follow economic trends, you face an incredible problem just looking at the headlines. Some talk about inflation and the weakness of the dollar. Others, sometimes on the same page, talk about the strong dollar and what that implies for trade flows. Let’s try to sort this out.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]