Yo! Yes! Am anarcho economist but listen me carefully (💭 food for thought 🧠) I’ve mentioned this many times in the past two years! ☺️ That’s why I’m sharing this, if you don’t mind. 🤝
The Global Economy is Walking a Tightrope Between Liquidity and Deflation
The key question remains: Will the U.S. be forced to keep printing money (💵) to prevent other currencies in the DXY basket—Euro (💶), Pound, Yen (💴), and others—from collapsing?
DXY is NOT the Dollar – It’s a Flexible Currency Relationship
It’s crucial to understand that DXY (US Dollar Index) is not the dollar itself but rather a measure of its relative strength against a basket of major world currencies. The DXY composition is as follows:
🔹 Euro (57.6%) – The dominant component, meaning the Euro’s movement has the biggest impact on the index.
🔹 Japanese Yen (13.6%)
🔹 British Pound (11.9%)
🔹 Canadian Dollar (9.1%)
🔹 Swedish Krona (4.2%)
🔹 Swiss Franc (3.6%)
When DXY rises, it doesn’t necessarily mean the dollar is getting stronger in absolute terms—it just means the other currencies in the basket are weakening at a faster rate.
This creates serious macro risks, as most of the world’s debt is denominated in USD—meaning a stronger dollar makes debt repayment much harder for global economies.
The Dollar Milkshake Theory & Global Capital Flows
For the past two years, I’ve been discussing the “Dollar Milkshake Theory”, which perfectly explains this phenomenon.
🥤 The global liquidity system functions like a milkshake, and the U.S. dollar is the straw through which America sucks capital from the rest of the world.
🔸 When the Fed raises interest rates and reduces dollar liquidity, capital flees weaker economies into USD as a safe haven.
🔸 Since many nations and corporations are locked into USD-denominated debt, they are forced to buy dollars regardless of the cost, pushing DXY even higher.
🔸 This self-reinforcing cycle further strangles the other currencies in the index and increases systemic risk in the global economy.
M2 Expansion & Inflation – Why QE Isn’t the Main Factor
A common misconception is that quantitative easing (QE) directly causes inflation, but the reality is more nuanced.
🔹 Inflation is tied to M2 (the actual money supply circulating in the economy), not just the liquidity injected through QE.
🔹 During QE periods, most of the newly created money stays trapped in financial markets rather than flowing into the real economy.
🔹 True inflation happens when M2 expands, which occurs through credit expansion and increased consumer spending, not just money printing.
The Fed can adjust liquidity levels, but the real issue remains: global dependence on the U.S. dollar and the inevitable need for more liquidity to prevent the financial system from breaking.
The Bottom Line
🇺🇸 The U.S. will have to keep printing dollars—not because they want to, but because they have no choice.
If they don’t, DXY will surge to levels that choke global liquidity, pushing economies reliant on USD into a financial stranglehold.
This confirms, once again, the Milkshake Theory—America won’t escape unscathed, but the rest of the world will pay a much higher price.
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