I actually googled this “Midwestern girl on the east coast”. You seriously aren’t trying to hold her up as the be-all and end-all authoritative source on finance and world economy are you?
Take a look at the currency charts, pick your source and decide for yourself.
You entirely missed the point. You should have Binged John Maudlin. His are the brains cited.
Further, you should sign up for John Maudlin’s free Saturday news letter to receive his thoughts and his weekly sort through the best of the best of economic writers.
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