USA Dollar Crashes - Joe Blogs

[TexasTowelie]

The US dollar has had one of its weakest years in nearly a decade — and the move in 2025 has caught many people by surprise.

In this video, I break down how the US dollar performed in 2025, using the latest estimates from major currency indices. While the dollar is often seen as a safe haven, the numbers show it lagged behind many of the world’s major currencies.

I compare the US dollar’s fall of around 9.4% with other leading currencies and rank them from worst to best performer. What stands out is that currencies such as the British pound, euro, Swiss franc and Swedish krona all strengthened noticeably over the year.

We also look at why this matters:
• Why a weaker dollar is a problem for the US as a net importer
• How higher import costs and tariffs can feed through into prices
• Why any boost to exporters can be offset by higher input costs and inflation
• And why expectations around further interest rate cuts remain important for the outlook

This video takes a data-led look at where the US dollar stands now, what drove the weakness in 2025, and what it could mean going forward.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:59 US DOLLAR
7:23 WHY?
10:25 DONALD TRUMP
12:30 INFLATION
14:30 DEFICIT
16:44 IMPLICATIONS

[Aussie105]

1. Not seeing much movement in the US $ to AU $ rate.

Firmly set at 66 cents US to the AU dollar.

It was AU $1.10 to US $1 years ago. Many years ago. IIRC.

[GreatGazoo]

2. "caught many people by surprise" but Gold ripped all year

so many DID expect the decline to continue.

When Powell gets replaced in May it will likely get worse.

That guy, "Joe Blogs", is a clickbaiting doomer. I see his titles from 2 years ago "Bank Run USA Panic", France, Turkey, India, China all allegedly collapsing and having "worthless currency". Meanwhile every 8th video is "Win my 250K beachhouse"

Contrast that with these guys. Top level analysis. Reviews how the system will change trading rules or unwound trades instantly and without warning whenever it needs to. Reviews what happened with the Hunt Brothers and parallels to today. Very reality-based: