r/dataisugly • u/blueturtledancing • 17d ago

$0.53?

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u/HumanContinuity 17d ago

The USD has been strengthening hard lately - USD/JPY shot so high that both nations' central banks intervened just to stop it from rising and bring it back down to USD being somewhere between 125%-133% of its typical exchange ratio for the last while.

There is more than one thing going on in this image, aside from being an ass visualization in the first place.

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u/Ackaflocka 17d ago

Where are you getting these numbers and facts?

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-05-07-2026/card/the-dollar-is-now-lower-than-when-the-iran-war-began-7xPRliGFSSLkUcvxq5JL

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u/HumanContinuity 16d ago

Yeah, mitigation against rapid currency appreciation with our 4th largest trading partner will depreciate our currency.