The US Dollar is always decreasing in value due to inflation and I think that is the main reason why we have seen a constant raise in commodities' price over time.
Inflation coupled with bad Fed decisions and constant blabbering of the POTUS which, in turn, scares away potential investments in the US. The USD weakening as a result of inflation alone has been a cliche in the financial world for what, a decade now? The Fed is brewing up perhaps the nastiest collapse of contemporary times, and it's not just solely because of unchecked inflation that's for damn sure.
All three reasons are quite solvable solutions but they just basically ignore it, I blame it on the american political system being built on bribes and donations so much and how politicians are basically in the pockets of the companies which is why it can never be fixed unless they take the money out of politics.
It's always about the democrats and the republicans, not so much about the Americans who are always getting squeezed with these economic pressure whenever the high seat on the table is replaced. The friends of the current administration would always get the best privilege it does not deserve to work on the American soil with the best conditions possible. That's what's happening in the US and that's also what's happening in most parts of the world.
Politics will never get macroeconomics right as long as the interests of those who are seated are focused on their own coffers and not for the people.
Foreigners are leaving USA depends on where you are from, some people leave because they are not wanted there (like middle east people who are treated badly by republican places) and all the Europeans saw that USA basically screwed itself and better to be in EU than USA, Asians are not leaving that frequently because that is still better to be in USA.
Yep, people have been fond of Canada for quite some time now even though the economy of the said country isn't doing well compared to the US. While I agree that the opportunities you can find in the States is far better than most places in the world right now, it's just that the work culture plus the ethics of some of the employers are kinda off. They give the jobs to the Americans, even though other people from other countries have the better skills, experience and work ethic.
The Japanese are printing more than the Fed is, and their interest rates are negative. -0.1% compared to the +1.75% in the US.
It's because the Japs know where to allocate the money, not unlike the US who have been spending the majority of theirs in strengthening their defense systems, hoping that they can bully little nations for profit.
China's budget deficit is about 5% of GDP. The trade war has hurt their economy as businesses are shifting production to lower profile (and cheaper) countries.
Yes, but they continue to be the world's largest country in terms of economic output and throughput given their capability to produce goods much faster than the demand.
But in a room full of even uglier currencies, the dollar is the prettiest ugly currency out there. So I doubt it will weaken.
Easily because of its colorful history and the number of countries that are dependent from it, but from an economic standpoint, the world will surely shift to a different currency if all of these time-bombs are left unchecked. The clock is ticking, and it's ticking real fast.
