The US Dollar Index (then about 80) will fall by at least half, to 40 or below.
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“I think ultimately, the dollar index will be cut in half, at a minimum,”
- Said on
- 25 October 2012 · CNBC "Futures Now" interview, Oct 25, 2012, as quoted in CNBC's 2015 review. No window given; long-run call read as about ten years (to Oct 2022).
- Source
- The Peter Meter: Assessing Schiff's predictions · CNBC
- Should come true
- 2022
- How sure they sounded
- I think ultimately; at a minimum
- Categories
- EconomyMarkets
- Importance
- 4 of 5 · Halving the value of the world's reserve currency would have major global consequences.
Outcome
Inaccurate
The dollar index was about 80 on the day. Instead of halving it rose, to near 99 by December 2015 (per CNBC), and it peaked above 110 in late 2022, which is the end of the inferred ten-year window. The broad trade-weighted index shows the same strengthening.
- https://www.cnbc.com/2015/12/20/the-peter-meter-assessing-schiffs-predictions.html
- https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/DTWEXBGS
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