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starspangled on May 22, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why does the U.S. always run a trade deficit?

> When USA do the same, the non-USA dollar holders also take on the cost

They don't. If they aren't holding USD or something pegged to it then it is not devalued.

pbhjpbhj on May 22, 2025 [–]

Sorry, I made that hard to parse - "the dollar holders outside USA".

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