122.1 US Dollar Outgains All! (…except for one??) 

———Ep 122.1 Summary———
The US dollar is rising in value against a collection of currencies (except one). It’s disconfirming evidence of sustainable economic recovery; it implies strained USD-funding. And there’s still that one key, stable currency – unusually stable; suspiciously stable.


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———Ep 122.1 Topics———

00:00 INTRO: An elementary measure of shadow money is the value of the US dollar; it is rising.
00:55 In 2018, the USD trajectory inflected: down, to pause and then up; bad things followed.
03:18 In 2018, analysts expected the USD to lose value since the global economy was ‘strong’.
08:24 In June 2018 the head of India’s Reserve Bank was complaining dollars were missing.
11:38 In June 2018 we observed foreigners selling USD securities, according to TIC data.
15:00 In 2021 the USD trajectory inflected, from down to pause and then up; bad things next?
17:19 There are many flavors / measures of the USD – each of them are showing a rising USD.
19:21 One currency hasn’t weakened against the USD, the Chinese renminbi / yuan / CNY / CNH.
22:17 OUTRO: USD rise alerts us to difficulties in global dollar/money funding availability.

———Ep 122.1 References———

More Dollar Bull: https://bit.ly/3iGt2UJ
(Urjit Patel) Emerging markets face a dollar double whammy: https://on.ft.com/3mr6F6E
Alhambra Investments Blog: https://bit.ly/2VIC2wWlin
RealClear Markets Essays: https://bit.ly/38tL5a7

———Who———

Jeff Snider, Head of Global Investment Research for Alhambra Investments and Emil Kalinowski. Art by David Parkins, myth spinner. Podcast intro/outro is “Knight’s Templar” by Adriel Fair found at Epidemic Sound.