I thought I have seen a little drop recently. What is interesting is if you look at the US dollar exchange rates, our dollar has been gaining a lot of ground in a very short time (last few weeks).
Banking and money at the international level is very complex, and would take hours to go into. However in our system of fractional banking with no gold/silver standard, the value is highly dependent on who has faith in the dollar.
You see our money is based on debt. Money is either printed, or turned into computer entries based on debt. This is done in a variety of ways. There is other minor considerations like commodities and trade, which can be manipulated through various organizations like the World Trade Organization and others.
Originaly a note was reedemable for something of value, gold etc But now a note is only redeemable for another note, and the worth of that note is based on the debt it is issued against.
Previously most of the debt in America was in the private sector. Most of the wealth and revenue created was also in the private sector.
However the payment of debt by some of the private sector is also less certain. People can default on business loans, home loans etc
Government has recently purchased up a lot of the debt, not just in the recent highly televised 700 billion bailout, but in other areas with smaller chunks here and there. They have insured many against losses etc
Government is a more dependable payer of debt than the private sector, because it has over 300 million slaves that can always simply be taxed more if necessary. So faith in the payment of that debt is much higher because the government will not default on payment of loans given to it by the bankers (who as a result end up controlling it and having tremendous influence in politics.)
However most of the wealth is still being created by the private sector that is taxed, so describing it as just socialist would be oversimplifying. It is more socialist than before.
The bottom line is in the short term that does make faith in the dollar go up, and its value in buying power go up. More of the debt the dollar is based on is now backed by a government that can tax over 300 million of some of the wealthiest people on earth, and not by private citizens that can file bankruptcy or default on loans.
So by turning the citizens into slaves the dollar is stronger.
This is one of the reasons banks long ago learned governments were the best candidates for loans. Bonds can then be sold to similar military powers so the government will not default on the loans, as that would be saying "screw you" to that military power. China is who is being balanced against us now. We certainly are not going to say "screw you" to China. So our debt is a very certain, and backed by an entity that can tax it's people whatever is necessary to pay it. The value of the dollar is higher.
Banking controls the world. The most powerful in banking can decide which nations get along with eachother, who does well and who rises and falls.
There is a reason both President Jefferson and later President Jackson worked very hard to destroy the first and second 'national' (private, just like our current federal reserve) banks, and called them the greatest threat to liberty. Andrew Jackson even put that on his tombstone "I killed the bank" as he believed it was his single greatest achievement.
Woodrow Wilson would 'create' (allow the creation of by private individuals) our third national bank, the Federal Reserve in 1913. Some years later he spoke about what he had done and regreted it and asked for forgiveness for giving up America's freedom.
The removal of the gold standard would further leave the system fully open to manipulation.
Most of the nations of the world are tied together through those banks, and as a result no nation subject to such economies is independant or free of foriegn manipulation. As a result they are not free.
Research who the backers of our own Federal Reserve are. You will find many of the very same people back (control) similar banks of power in other nations in places like Europe, China, etc
Those who control the banks' bank control the economy. Those who control the economy pretty much can decide what happens in the world, who gets along with who, and what is done about various things.
