US hegemony across the globe is largely predicated on the dollar as the world reserve currency, and although it isn’t backed by anything, except maybe violence, I suspect that historians will eventually agree the real damage Trump has done to the American empire is that he’s permanently shaken everyone’s perception of the US as a stable world power.
But also from a purely Forex standpoint, the carry trade in Japan is going to force issues onto the USD in the near future. This might just be that.
US hegemony across the globe is largely predicated on the dollar as the world reserve currency, and although it isn’t backed by anything, except maybe violence, I suspect that historians will eventually agree the real damage Trump has done to the American empire is that he’s permanently shaken everyone’s perception of the US as a stable world power.
But also from a purely Forex standpoint, the carry trade in Japan is going to force issues onto the USD in the near future. This might just be that.