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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blaubart, post: 2005783, member: 37498&quot;]Why should it?&nbsp; Some inflation is a good thing.&nbsp; It keeps the economy going.</p><p><br /></p><p>To judge the strength of the dollar, first look at our inflation.&nbsp; Is it greater than 5 or 10 percent?&nbsp; No?&nbsp; Then compare it to other currencies to see how our currency is doing compared to theirs.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Dollar Index is helpful of course, but it is limited in scope since it only compares the dollar to a handful of other currencies, and China is not one of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ten years ago, the dollar would buy .78 Euro.&nbsp; Today, it buys .79.&nbsp; Not much change really.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Yuan?&nbsp; Ten years ago it was fixed at 8.2765.&nbsp; Today it buys 6.013.&nbsp; Big change, but what was responsible for that change?&nbsp; A fall in the value of the dollar against most other currencies including the Yuan?&nbsp; Or a rise in the value of the Yuan against most other currencies including the dollar?</p><p><br /></p><p>Great Britain Pound?&nbsp; Ten years ago: .544.&nbsp; Today: .622.</p><p><br /></p><p>Canadian Dollar?&nbsp; Ten years ago: 1.22.&nbsp; Today: 1.12.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mexican Peso?&nbsp; Ten years ago: 11.53.&nbsp; Today: 13.48.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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