glue factory and horses

glue factory and horses

U.S. Dollar Not The Only One Facing The Gallows

The U.S. economy is struggling with the failure of insurance firms, the housing market going into a downward spiral, and the job market being cut due to revenue losses. There just aren't enough funds to keep the economy in check with such a high demand of jobs and not enough provided causing the U.S. unemployment rate to climb to just over 8 percent which is the highest since 1983. Well, what does all of this mean to the U.S. dollar compared to the rest of the world? The rest of the world is in the same boat as us except for a much selected few like China. The U.S. dollar actually is doing 2nd best to China in value; we are actually in good shape even though it feels like the world is coming to an end.           

A writer from Yahoo Finance, Aaron Task, said the U.S. was the best looking horse in the glue factory. I think that really describes how this world is doing according to economies and money values. Now, he also made another good point is saying that the U.S. cannot export its way out of this ordeal because everyone else is facing economic downfall and turmoil. This is a big problem for the U.S. because our exports aren't what they used to be and with the current job cuts and the U.S. won't be producing products at a speedy rate. This unemployment crisis will continue to do damage on the U.S. economy and won't let up until there is a break in job cuts. Now, I know your thinking, well the stimulus package will help bail out the economy, but with all the jobs being lost, it will hurt the stimulus package and not put it to full use. With this problem, we can expect that the value of the green back will continue to plunge and drag a lot more countries down will it.

The countries being affected by the U.S. dollar are in serious danger of losing large sums of money and felling a bigger hammer on their economy. Let's take our neighbors to the south, Mexico, because their economy is tumbling more then ours to the north. They are beginning to feel how much effect the U.S. dollar has on their economy because as of March 3, the Mexican peso is running close to $15.50 to 1 U.S. dollar which is the worst since changes were made in 1990. The Mexican economy has been crumbling since August when their dollar was worth about 10 cents on the U.S. dollar to a little more then 7 cents on the dollar in March. The peso has plunged 33% over the past 6 months which is the worst performance of any currency in the world over those months, according to Bloomberg. The Mexican economy is falling faster then you can say recession and the U.S dollar is all to blame in the downfall of Mexico's economy. This is also affecting the Mexican stock market which is down 24% from the 1st of January which is only a bit worse then the S&P 500 which is down 22% since the beginning of the year. The worst part is in dollar terms, the Mexican stock market is down 32%.

One of the big questions today is does the falling dollar prices in the U.S. effect the crude oil being sold all over the world. The answer is YES and NO because we saw in the summer of last year, 2008, the oil prices spiked with the weak dollar and the high demand in crude oil. Now, as the dollar continues to plummet, investors are gobbling up the shares of crude oil allowing the prices to decline a little. Buyers from Europe who use the Euro and China are getting rich and we are breathing a sigh of relief as crude oil prices dropped to the lowest they have been since the late 90's. The only problem we have to worry about, says Keith Johnson of the Environmental Capitol was if the dollar sinks, along with the U.S. economy and demand for oil, then pressure will only build on OPEC to try to shore up crude prices with another hefty cut of production.

The U.S. dollar has many important roles in the world we live in today and we must trust that it will regain value and our economy will come out of the gutter and be strong one day like it has been in the past. We must also trust that it will keep the country in check with what it was built upon; hard work and the will to never give up. We are still one of the top financial countries in the world, but we must recheck with reality and try to pull our head above water and realize that our country isn't invincible.

About the Author

Are horses really made into glue?

In the old westerns and Bugs Bunny cartoons that pretty much formed my thought processes as a child, they would always threaten to send the old horse to the glue factory. The question is (a) did this really happen? and (b) if so, what's the recipe for making horse glue?

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