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the best quick source for the "true" value of a currency is the big mac index

https://www.economist.com/big-mac-index

generally speaking USD is going to lose about 50% of its value as the petrodollar and yen carry trade unwind over the next couple of decades.

So to understand what is actually being earnt and spent in the US in a global context, just divide USD prices by 2, then you can see e.g. the US and UK gdp per capita are basically the same.

Its obviously far more complex than this, but that basic rule of thumb still holds even when you add in all the complexity.



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