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Uncle Joe

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2. It isn't just tariffs, the administration is attacking the dollar on multiple fronts,
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 12:22 PM
Yesterday

so prices have no where to go but up.

When they fire statisticians for reporting unfavorable numbers, they undercut the dollar, when they attack the FED for simply not bowing to political wishes and lower interest rates, they undercut the dollar.

Those actions and more undercut the good faith and credibility perception of U.S. debt obligations; and the dollar is one form of that.

Thanks for the thread TexasTowelie

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