It's been as low as 0.50 and the sky didn't fall on our heads

It's been as low as 0.50 and the sky didn't fall on our heads

It made a lot of products Made in the US (printer ink for one) very expensive though.

Oh and grizz:   She'll be right mate. Long as you've got a job all's well.

and lots of other people

It's been as low as 0.50 and the sky didn't fall on our heads

The problem is we now import far more than we use to because all our manufacturing has moved off shore.

Prices this time of nearly every thing will rise as incomes reduce.

There are signs that the US is starting to recover, our economy has been propped up by spending money we don't have. 

As the rest of the world recovers we are going to suffer and be left behind in the dust.

TH: "The problem is we now import far more than we use to because all our manufacturing has moved off shore."

Codswallop TH.

May 7, 2013,

"The Bureau of Statistics figures show the nation exported $307 million more in goods and services than it imported in March, seasonally adjusted."

"The surplus was due to the combination of a modest 1 per cent gain in exports to $25.75 billion, while imports declined by 1 per cent to $25.44 billion."

"The Bureau of Statistics figures show the nation exported $307 million more in goods and services than it imported in March, seasonally adjusted."

Does anyone here bother to do any basic research?

now take out what we are digging out of the ground and get a real picture