Why Does The Us Dollar Decline Over The Past Year

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The textbook definition of the exchange rate is, “a measurement of the value of one nation's currency relative to the currency of other nations.” But what does that mean? When you compare the US dollar to the euro, the value of the US dollar has declined over the past year. We saw a gradual decline in value from August 2014 with a value of 1.36 to 1.04 in February of this year. Today, the US dollar stands at 1.11 compared to a 1.00 euro. Vice versa the US dollar compared to the euro is $1.00 to 0.90. With our dollar having a weak value, this means that Europeans have an advantage in areas such as travel and importing our goods. Europeans will be eager to import our goods because they will be at a lower price point. With businesses doing international