• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    17 hours ago

    Reposting:

    It’s not fucking “strange”.

    It’s Canada, Japan, the EU, and our other former allies retaliating against the US trying to use absolutely asinine and ham-fisted tariffs as a cash grab/shakedown by engaging in strategic retaliatory fiscal policy.

    This is actual 4D geoeconomic chess. Because if orangeboi doesn’t listen and they keep going, the USD standard goes away.

  • Raiderkev@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    What’s so strange about it? Trump is trying to fire the chairman of the fed, a non political organization to install a sycophant that will lower rates and send prices through the roof so rich people’s line can go up. He is intentionally trying to lower the value of the dollar. If he succeeds, we’re fucked.

    • Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee
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      19 hours ago

      It’s strange mostly because it’s the first time in post war history that stocks AND dollar does down

  • selkiesidhe@lemm.ee
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    14 hours ago

    Almost like investors don’t trust a fucking criminal who is manipulating the markets… How strange!

  • Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    14 hours ago

    For anyone asking why it’s strange, from the article

    Traditionally, the dollar would strengthen as tariffs sink demand for foreign products.

    If you’re looking at the dollar with supply and demand, if international trade to the u.s. decreases with tarriffs, then the amount of dollars leaving the u.s. also decreases and thus the supply of dollars on the international market. Assuming demand remains constant then the strength of the dollar should go up.

    For this decrease in strength you have to look to demand which has to decrease enough to counteract the tarriffs plus more. This decrease in demand is coming from both decrease in demand for assets priced in dollars (u.s. companies stocks, treasury bonds, real estate etc.) And retaliatory tarriffs which lower demand for u.s. goods.