Disadvantages Caused Due To Weaker Dollars

By Alxa Roffel


The value of US dollar keeps fluctuating and the currency traders consider dollar weakening as an opportunity. Well there are certain advantages even for the person living in the United States itself. You must understand that there are both advantages and disadvantages of when the value of a currency of a country decreases. Here are some advantages of stated for you.

The weakening of US dollar shows its immediate effect on the costs of foreign goods, as the costs increases rapidly. As there is a huge difference found in the trade deficit due to weaker dollar, the consumers in US are found to import more in comparison to what they export.

A country's debt also has equal impact on the value of the currency. It is important to consider the complexity of how the politicians are dealing with the debt problems of the country. It also is important to check if the politicians are responsible for the increase in the national debt of the country.

A country runs on the money received from tax payers, if the country is on national debt, it has to be paid by the taxpayer. When the taxes increase, the purchasing ability of the society decrease and this has direct impact on the economy of the country. When this happens, the value of the currency of that country decreases.

Once a country is hit with inflation or currency crisis then it is likely to occur again. So, when this happens in US, the Federal Reserve decreases the interest rates. This did happen in the late 90s after which US had to go through crisis.

This also helps the foreign investors to look for Equity markets in US. In case the US dollar keeps falling the investors might look to buy on companies that have strong bases and are not at all affected by the economic slowdown. These are the two factors that majorly affect the US dollar and help it to get into a stable situation. As the foreign investors find that the weakening of the dollar is about to end, they tend to buy more. Lastly, as the dollar gets weakened, the companies move on to become easier buyout targets. Thus countries that are looking for good investment opportunities jump in to invest during these times.

A major part of economy in several countries are influenced by tourism, it also represents a big part of the United States. Not only tourism helps the country to generate huge economic growth but it also helps to provide employment to several unemployed people of the country.

In order to ensure the value of the currency is high, it is important to have a good economic growth. When there is a reduction in the house market, there is also a decrease in the seller price too. When people realise that the cost has decrease, buyers tend to spend less, resulting in reduced consumer spending. Hence it has direct effect on the economy of the country, reducing the value of the currency.




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