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(@Patrick Z)
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This is a graph of the US Dollar index
The U.S. Dollar Index (USDX, DXY) measures the value of the US dollar against a basket of six major foreign currencies: the Euro (EUR), Japanese Yen (JPY), British Pound (GBP), Canadian Dollar (CAD), Swedish Krona (SEK), and Swiss Franc (CHF)
When it goes up thé it means thé Dollar is getting stronger, down means weaker.
This graph starts when Donald Trump took office for the second time. It shows the Dollar has been getting weaker since then. It has weakened by 11% at the time Im posting.
The price of silver is approaching its all time high price of
49.45$ per ounce which hasn't been reached since 1980.
The price of silver is up 40% in the past year.
The price of one ounce of silver has just passed 49$ for the first time since 2011. The price is up 58% since this time last year. The all time high price for silver is 49.45$, this was reached on 18-January-1980.
Due to the US government shutdown which began on 1-October-2025, up to 42 million Americans might not receive food stamps. 12.5% of America's population receives food stamps called SNAP benefits.
The government shut down due to Republicans and Democrats disagreeing on budget contents. They need to agree on a budget to re-open the government.
Mariah Carey must love Christmas time. Her song "All I Want For Christmas" charts yearly during Christmas time. She doesn't even have to release new music, she's gonna be on the charts towards the top, same song.
The song came out in 1994, it reached #2 in the UK. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in 2019 and has reached number 1 each year ever since then.
The net worth of the richest 10 people grew by 588B$ (588,000,000,000) in 2025 according to the Bloomberg Billionaire index. They are now worth 2.5 trillion dollars.
9 of them are from America, one of them is from France.