The USD index has decreased from 120 in 2002 to 87 now, if it was just a couple of currencies it'd be pretty much the same..

I'll go with the president indirectly effecting the economy. There are lots of things that work that way and effect consumer confidence, and investor confidence. That's just one of those unmeasurable variables.

That's not much for proof. Something like a complete index of currency values for the last 5 years would do it.

meh. who doesnt like to save :)

Time period: 01/01/00 to 10/26/04.
Conversion Table: USD to EUR (Interbank rate)
01/01/2000: 0.99300000
10/26/2004: 0.78130000

Conversion Table: USD to AUD (Interbank rate)
01/01/2000: 1.52370000
10/26/2004: 1.33990000

Conversion Table: USD to GBP (Interbank rate)
01/01/2000: 0.61820000
10/26/2004: 0.54330000

Conversion Table: USD to CAD (Interbank rate)
01/01/2000: 1.44650000
10/26/2004: 1.22140000

Conversion Table: USD to EEK (Interbank rate)
01/01/2000: 15.54710000
10/26/2004: 12.22656200

Conversion Table: USD to MTL (Interbank rate)
01/01/2000: 0.41440000
10/26/2004: 0.33770000

Conversion Table: USD to CHF (Interbank rate)
01/01/2000: 1.59120000
10/26/2004: 1.19670000

You asked for it ... na, its not that hard actually. Im sure you know that the US Dollar lost against many important currencies ... but not against all of them. The Dollar is still stable!

But check the last row .. USD to Swiss Franc. This really hurts me :( . I used to earn way more per $ in this industry some years ago

That's only USD to Euro conversion. I never questioned the devaluation between the two, I questioned the devaluation of the USD as compared to all currencies in general, as was asserted earlier.

not just Euro :winkwink:

just few month ago or so it was $1.31 canadian for $1usd, I check today and it's at $1.20 I almost had a heart attack...

if you got $100,000 in your bank account you lost $11,000 just like that in Canada ...

someone shoot bush poleaseeeeeee :mad:

you can't compare croatia to the western or north europe...

central and east european prices are low, but so are average salaries there...

Now that's a funny post. You really have NO clue at all do you? Do yourself a favour and buy a plane ticket so that you step outside of the US for a while. It'll save you from making yourself look so incredibly stupid a second time.

Then, if you compare the dollar to the average currency of every industrialized nation, during a time when the USD is taking on little to no inflation and recovering from a recession, there's a period of devaluation. That's an average of industrial nation's currency values, which is a far cry from:

Especially since there are lots of freely traded currencies that are not industrialized nations.

But that's all you posted.

Bush has shit to do with that.

At least that post answers a question I had. You really do have the inability to read and understand very simple text. Put the economics books down as they really are totally wasted on you. :glugglug

Eat a bag of glass asshole, seriously. :321GFY

no, check again

ok you're right housing costs depends on your localisation in poland but are usually lower then in usa

and you're right about luxury items but lets try this:

- cheapest toyota corolla $16k in poland and $14k in USA

note: prices of japan cars has dropped a little since poland is in EU - taxation change, and you probably don't know but US version is more comfortable and it has more items included like air conditioning etc. etc.

- digital camera canon powershoot A75 in poland $248 and $179 in USA

and for goodness' sake average salary in poland is $657 BEFORE taxes - I hope it explains why it makes no sense to compare

by the way cigs are cheaper here - marlboro is about $1,8

USD = Unreliabble Shitty Dollars

100 $$$ worth SHIT in Europe

That is the average salary for every 2 weeks? Every month?

monthly

you can't read, and you misquoted me, you missed out the bit where I said third world hell hole. Sure if you compare the USD to non-industrialised countries it hasn't devalued. Seriously is that the best you can come up with?

Why do you think Gold is at $430 and part of the reason oil is so high? It's because the dollar has lost value.

It's not fucking rocket science, the Government has MASSIVE budget deficit and there's a massive trade deficit, how are they financed? By selling dollars and printing dollars

With that kind of selling pressure and increase in dollar supply of course the value is going down. Coincided with low interest rates (which essentially means buying and holding USD will give you a negative real return)
All the macroeconomic indicators are pushing the USD down.

Are you going to provide anything to support your position that the USD has not devalued?

Regarding this issue, you cannot compare the domestic price levels.
Comparing the exchange rate now and back then, makes more sense.
4 years ago, I got 30 % more national currency when I exchanged one dollar, i.e. I got 30 % more money on my bankaccount. Thats a fact and it sucks.

However, a smart person, will also see that europeans will pay 30 % less, when they sign up for a paysite, which has dollars as payment. So why not targeting non-us traffic more, and cover the "loss"? Its supply/demand. Take advantage of it, instead of doing nothing :thumbsup

Yeah, it's pretty fucked up. I know those times when the "Gulden" was $2,30.. Good old times.

you are on a verge of a deflation, even though it is not crisis, it is still bad, and the dollar has lost value to most currencies, specially do to the huge national debt

"Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan sent the Treasury market soaring last week when he hinted that the Fed is worried about deflation. But by some measures, it's already here. Stock prices, for example, have fallen more than 40% the past three years.

The government's producer price index, which measures inflation at the wholesale level, fell an unexpectedly sharp 1.9% in April, mainly because of oil prices. But the core consumer goods segment of the index has been falling for 16 months, says John Lonski, chief economist at Moody's Investor Service. "I don't know where the Fed has been," Lonski says.

Will the USA fall into a deflationary spiral? "There is a very low probability of deflation, but it will be very dangerous if it does happen," says David Wyss, chief economist at Standard & Poor's."


http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/...5-invest_x.htm

Note this is from 2003, things are worse now :glugglug

That must suck:(

Time for you to move

On top of it, even people with diesel cars are getting fucked nowadays with gasoline prices beeing almost the same diesel fuel prices..

Things aren't very well...

As for people say Croatia and such are cheap, sure they are...for you but their salarys are DREADFUL, a guy working on construction here (Portugal) and not even getting paid as a legal worker (= which means he gets less) makes more money that a laywer or doctor there....

You seem to think everybody has killer salarys all over the world...get real folks...(that on top of taxes and such...)

Like here in Portugal we pay on average +4000? for the same car in Spain since he have some extra car taxes...great ain't it?...

Well at least our president is a clown but far from beeing a bush :P

Well at last hosting and stuff is quite cheap :glugglug

Word, specially when you have some customers that pay in euros :Graucho

yup :drinkup

As you see, it sucks to be a dane :(

Netherlands

Honda Civic type R----> 38,348.9 USD

Houses
http://tinyurl.com/6h766 --> 420,560 USD !!!

http://tinyurl.com/3ugoy --> 1,789,619 USD

man ... what the hell are you talking about .

Italy never had lira ... it was lire . and it was 1000 lire not 1 .

oh man ... :( .....

really ? it seems you are Mr.Professional ...
your President fucks your economy pretty good (but not his own economy) .... that´s why the US$ is shit worth in all other countries in the world . :2 cents:

yeap I agreed with you Sweden is a lot more expensive ......:(

With the $ dropping from $1.43:£1 early last year to $1.86 yesterday when I transferred a wire, it's hitting us guys in the UK very badly and has done for quite a while...

Last year: $1000 = £699
Yesterday $1000 = £537

With sales dropping for a lot of us over this period of time as well, I don't know of too many UK webmasters going out to buy a new Rolls Royce these days :)