{"id":25554,"date":"2025-07-03T09:45:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T13:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=25554"},"modified":"2025-07-03T09:45:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T13:45:24","slug":"u-s-dollar-index-drops-again-worst-since-1973-foreshadowing-the-dethroning-of-the-once-almighty-dollar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=25554","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Dollar Index Drops Again; Worst Since 1973 [Foreshadowing the dethroning of the once <i>Almighty Dollar<\/i>]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Dollar-Index-plunging_large-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-25560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Dollar-Index-plunging_large-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Dollar-Index-plunging_large-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Dollar-Index-plunging_large-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Dollar-Index-plunging_large.png 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This has been one of the worst years in history for the US Dollar:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The US Dollar index fell\u00a0<b><strong>-10.8% in the first half of 2025<\/strong><\/b>, its worst first-half performance since the end of the gold-backed Bretton Woods System in\u00a0<b><strong>1973.<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This also marks the weakest performance for any six-month period since 2009.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, the Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index has posted its\u00a0<b><strong>6th consecutive monthly decline<\/strong><\/b>, matching its longest losing streak in 8 years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The US Dollar is down -14.4% against the Swiss franc, -13.4% against the Euro, -10.5% against the Japanese Yen, and -9.6% against the British Pound.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This comes as investors react to tariffs, the US deficit spending crisis, and pressure on the Fed to cut rates.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The US Dollar is nearing bear market territory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The US Dollar&#8217;s 10.8% drop in the first half of 2025 is a stark reminder of the consequences of unchecked fiscal policies.\u00a0<b><strong>It&#8217;s the worst performance since 1973, signaling deep economic concerns.<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Time to prioritize efficiency and stability over political games.<\/p>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/halturnerradioshow.com\/index.php\/news-selections\/national-news\/u-s-dollar-index-drops-again-worst-since-1973\">https:\/\/halturnerradioshow.com\/index.php\/news-selections\/national-news\/u-s-dollar-index-drops-again-worst-since-1973<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25554\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}