Markets: What’s driving The US Dollar?

<p>A very simple answer</p> <p>Here is a hypothetical question:&nbsp;<strong>what are other nations more afraid of &mdash; The US Military or The US Dollar?</strong>&nbsp;Answer: The US Dollar. This makes perfect sense.&nbsp;<strong>US Military action is almost always conducted in the public eye,</strong>&nbsp;and violence generally restricted to a relatively small area of the target nation. Also US Military action is time limited, the exceptions being nations such as Afghanistan, which rumbled on for about twenty years. By contrast</p> <h1>THE US DOLLAR IS THE PERFECT STEALTH ASSASSIN</h1> <p>While&nbsp;<strong>everyone notices aircraft carriers</strong>&nbsp;massing off a distant shore to exert pressure upon another nation, few notice&nbsp;<strong>when The US Dollar exerts economic pressure on another nation.</strong>&nbsp;Few except those residing in another nation. Just this week&nbsp;<strong>The Chinese and The Japanese have expressed concerns about the strong Dollar compared to the Yuan or Yen,</strong></p> <h2><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/business/economy/soaring-us-dollar-raises-alarm-as-china-japan-escalate-fx-pushback?source=post_page-----8fb08259628e--------------------------------" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Soaring US dollar raises alarm as China, Japan escalate FX pushback</a></h2> <h3><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/business/economy/soaring-us-dollar-raises-alarm-as-china-japan-escalate-fx-pushback?source=post_page-----8fb08259628e--------------------------------" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">China and Japan step up defence of their exchange rates. Read more at straitstimes.com.</a></h3> <p><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/business/economy/soaring-us-dollar-raises-alarm-as-china-japan-escalate-fx-pushback?source=post_page-----8fb08259628e--------------------------------" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">www.straitstimes.com</a></p> <p>so it&rsquo;s important to understand why. Let&rsquo;<strong>s consider the impact</strong></p> <h1><strong>FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF AN AMERICAN</strong></h1> <p><strong>consumer, who pays in dollars for imports</strong>&nbsp;from either China or Japan. As&nbsp;<strong>the US Dollar strengthens</strong>&nbsp;<strong>the price of these imports falls.</strong>&nbsp;American can buy more of the stuff they like made in China or Japan. What&rsquo;s not to like? But from the</p> <p><a href="https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/markets-whats-driving-the-us-dollar-8fb08259628e"><strong>Learn More</strong></a></p>