Is the US Dollar Too Volatile?

[Sword555]

On the one hand, America is one of the economically strongest country, and on the other hand, we can surely say that its economic strength is real.

[SellBuyAcc]

Maybe we can compare Dollar to bitcoin but not that the fluctuation because dollar only fluctuate in just few cents from time to time unlike bitcoin because it fluctuates so much unlike dollar having a slow movement. It really takes time to feel the movement of dollar at all.

[boboking]

This is not only unique with the us dollars but we can say the same for other national currency, from british pound to chinese yuan all FIAT loses its value because of inflation. The government just print money and making the value lesser each year. This is the reason why bitcoin decentralization and limited supply is better. Instead of value going down it goes up as supply is getting scarce everyday.

[Coin-1]

I think that the US dollar is not too volatile, because it is controlled by the Federal Reserve System. In general, it is wrong to evaluate the fiat currency in the price of a bottle of soda or another commodity. I guess that the money of the developing countries are more volatile than USD, and they are loosing their purchasing power faster at the current time.

[Lucas Riley]

Today, it seems everywhere you look there are negative things being said about bitcoin volatility.

To break up the monotony of borish media sources endlessly discussing btc volatility as if they have nothing better to do than beat dead horses 24/7/365, let's change the subject to a more neglected topic, that of: fiat volatility.  

Behold exhibit A.

https://i.imgur.com/km3TFeR.jpg

Image link: https://i.imgur.com/km3TFeR.jpg

This chart would appear to contradict what many say about the US dollar representing a stable value. The buying power of the US dollar appears to be declining significantly over time.

Example of the purchasing power of the US dollar declining: a 2 liter bottle of soda used to cost $1.00 in the united states, not long ago. Today it costs $2.00. If the paradigm shift from $1 to $2 occurs over a 10 year period, we might say that inflation is occurring @ a rate of 10% per year or the dollar is losing 10% of its value per year in contrast to purchasing food items like 2 liter bottles of soda. This precedent of diminishing fiat buying power could apply over our global economy.

So it is possible the purchasing power of the US dollar and other fiat currencies are diminishing significantly over time.

What are everyones thoughts on this?  

Considering the dollar has lost 10% of its value in the last year you could definitely make a case. Aside from that, if you look at the dollar when it was taken off the gold standard in the 70's, the prices were just as volatile if not more than what we see in crypto today!

[Palmerson]

Today, it seems everywhere you look there are negative things being said about bitcoin volatility.

To break up the monotony of borish media sources endlessly discussing btc volatility as if they have nothing better to do than beat dead horses 24/7/365, let's change the subject to a more neglected topic, that of: fiat volatility.  

Behold exhibit A.



Image link: https://i.imgur.com/km3TFeR.jpg

This chart would appear to contradict what many say about the US dollar representing a stable value. The buying power of the US dollar appears to be declining significantly over time.

Example of the purchasing power of the US dollar declining: a 2 liter bottle of soda used to cost $1.00 in the united states, not long ago. Today it costs $2.00. If the paradigm shift from $1 to $2 occurs over a 10 year period, we might say that inflation is occurring @ a rate of 10% per year or the dollar is losing 10% of its value per year in contrast to purchasing food items like 2 liter bottles of soda. This precedent of diminishing fiat buying power could apply over our global economy.

So it is possible the purchasing power of the US dollar and other fiat currencies are diminishing significantly over time.

What are everyones thoughts on this?  

This is the problem of any currency in the world. The government constantly use the issue. Without this, there will be no stability in the economy. But such stability cannot be eternal. through time, there is a financial crisis. People are losing their savings, and this is reviving the economy.

[Sword555]

Dollar is one of world's most used currencies and maybe because of this it is involved in the economic crisis, which we see time to time, though I can't be absolutely sure in it.

[markj113]

the graph does not show volatility, it shows a steady decline in purchasing power linked to inflation.

this applies to every fiat currency.

[andika2018]

Honestly, there is always a volatility in value of all currencies (Crypto and FIAT). As well, It is true that the era of Bitcoin or digital currencies in general have changed all financial transactions to the best and because of their advantages, there has been a significant evolution in the number of their users over time, but it is not the main reason for US dollar decline. 

As a matter of fact, there is always a stability in the price of US dollars and most FIAT, contrary to what happens in Cryptocurrencies. For me, I think if the governments cannot destroy Bitcoin, then it sure that there will be a global reorganization of him, and may it will be the single currency, when this is achieved, I am pretty sure that FIat (Dollars, Euro) will disappear.

Fiat currency will disappear? That will be impossible unless there is a free internet for the whole world will arise. The environment and the government will be the greatest factor if you think that the fiat will not be utilize in terms of payment methods.

Fiat currency is profitable for bankers and I am believe will not disappear. If dollar want have a good purchasing power, dollar should be controll on the supply because looks like dollar always over supplied and central banks always print it

[_noname_]

I am not a specialist of financial matters, but rather even I can see that Dollar has lost its esteem fundamentally. I don't know why, but rather every once in a while we see financial emergency and dollar engaged with it, perhaps on the grounds that Dollar is one of universes most utilized monetary standards. America is one of monetarily most grounded nation, yet I don't know whether its monetary quality is genuine. I have heard that US is under water a considerable measure, that they owe China and Russia a ton of cash. On the off chance that they proceed on that street of obligation, Dollar would be demolished. With everything that US is included with, its no big surprise that Dollar is so unstable.

[MyIdeas]

No the US dollar is not too much volatile but it occurs only sometimes in the history that the price increase or decrease up to 10 percent. Mostly they remain at its fixed point for a longer period and other countries who see the price of US dollar as volatile it is because of the volatility of their local currency. So we can say that no the US dollar is not too much volatile.

[FrueGreads]

That is one big advantage cryptocurrencies have over fiat and that everyone keeps neglecting. Bitcoin, and cryptocurrencies in general, are not subjected to inflation. Banks keep issuing fiat and creating inflation in a controlled manner, but the results are there for everyone to see. We are probably heading into a dead zone with fiat, and as usual, bitcoin is an amazing insurance for a world financial crisis. I really think that investing some money into bitcoin should be a no-brainer for everyone.

[Semaj123]

Fiat currencies are backed by government and definitely it's being controlled and can't directly pump its value. As we can observed, its been many years have come and still the value of dollar remain to be ranging from 45-52 if we are talking about Peso. So, this is the huge difference between fiat and crypto  about its price movement. And yes, dollar has no big chance to be being volatile due to its a centralized system.

[magneto]

People seem to despise crypto for the sole reason of it being "too volatile". Yes, it can be very volatile in the short run against fiat currencies, with its value constantly moving around. However, in the long term, I believe that bitcoin will be a much better store for value, since it is decentralized, and there is a limit on the amount of coins that can ever exist, which is something that fiat does not have.

That's why I think people should actually embrace bitcoin's volatility, it means that BTC is independent from the fiat system.

The only thing consistent with fiat is its depreciative nature. Honestly, I don't see any reason for holding fiat in the long term.

[Sword555]

If we keep in mind all cases that America takes part in, then that is not surprising at all that dollar is sio unstable as a currency. Plus, more debts will make dollar even more weak.

[Falmera]

Today, it seems everywhere you look there are negative things being said about bitcoin volatility.

To break up the monotony of borish media sources endlessly discussing btc volatility as if they have nothing better to do than beat dead horses 24/7/365, let's change the subject to a more neglected topic, that of: fiat volatility.  

Behold exhibit A.



Image link: https://i.imgur.com/km3TFeR.jpg

This chart would appear to contradict what many say about the US dollar representing a stable value. The buying power of the US dollar appears to be declining significantly over time.

Example of the purchasing power of the US dollar declining: a 2 liter bottle of soda used to cost $1.00 in the united states, not long ago. Today it costs $2.00. If the paradigm shift from $1 to $2 occurs over a 10 year period, we might say that inflation is occurring @ a rate of 10% per year or the dollar is losing 10% of its value per year in contrast to purchasing food items like 2 liter bottles of soda. This precedent of diminishing fiat buying power could apply over our global economy.

So it is possible the purchasing power of the US dollar and other fiat currencies are diminishing significantly over time.

What are everyones thoughts on this?  

Though I am not an expert of these since I am not an economist, but I can say that dollar's purchasing power is easily affected by the economy. There are also problems of the world that can affect dollar since it is the currency generaly used by people all over the world.

[Netnox]

This is a very complex question, not the least because in most cases the volatility is measured based on the comparison with the United States Dollar. But at least when compared to the other currencies, you can say that the USD is quite stable.

[alfs75]

Today, it seems everywhere you look there are negative things being said about bitcoin volatility.

To break up the monotony of borish media sources endlessly discussing btc volatility as if they have nothing better to do than beat dead horses 24/7/365, let's change the subject to a more neglected topic, that of: fiat volatility.  

Behold exhibit A.



Image link: https://i.imgur.com/km3TFeR.jpg

This chart would appear to contradict what many say about the US dollar representing a stable value. The buying power of the US dollar appears to be declining significantly over time.

Example of the purchasing power of the US dollar declining: a 2 liter bottle of soda used to cost $1.00 in the united states, not long ago. Today it costs $2.00. If the paradigm shift from $1 to $2 occurs over a 10 year period, we might say that inflation is occurring @ a rate of 10% per year or the dollar is losing 10% of its value per year in contrast to purchasing food items like 2 liter bottles of soda. This precedent of diminishing fiat buying power could apply over our global economy.

So it is possible the purchasing power of the US dollar and other fiat currencies are diminishing significantly over time.

What are everyones thoughts on this?  

Maybe  theres a possibility that the purchasing power of the US dollar and  other fiat currencies are diminish,but its depends on the situation in currency exchanges in the market,but in the word that US dollar currency is to volatile i thinks thats a rare question,because as far as i know  volatility in fiat currency is depends only in the exchanges  market where did you changes your paper money to other kinds of curriencies ,but in terms of stability US dollar price is still disame and no change of occurence in the price in the market.

[Barcode_]

I do not think that the US Dollar is volatile if you compare it with crypto-currencies, the forex trading market is still relatively much more stable as compared to the crypto-currencies trading market, and investors should beware of the huge volatility in crypto-currencies trading market if they plan to invest huge amount of money into it.

[BillCoin]

Voltalite level is not being determined by a one trading pair, because you can not really determine what a coin is making the pair to be so volatility.
In order to determine what coin causes the pair to be volatility, you need to compare both coins with other coins, for an example, if we are talking here about the USD/BTC pair you should be comparing the USD to GBP and EURO, and also the BTC to those pairs, you would find out that BTC is much more volatility.