# If the American Dollar gets weaker?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-american-dollar-gets-weaker/670281>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 3, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-american-dollar-gets-weaker/670281 "2013-10-03T17:43:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-american-dollar-gets-weaker/670281/1 "2013-10-03T17:43:37Z")

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If the American dollar gets weaker and our credit rating slips a bit could this possibly stimulate more work in our own country?

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**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-american-dollar-gets-weaker/670281/2 "2013-10-03T18:33:39Z")

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Well the weaker dollar would make exporting easier and importing more costly. A lowered credit rating would drive interest rates up meaning it’s more expensive to borrow money and the cost of servicing the debt increases meaning either cuts to services or increases in taxes.

All in all a weaker dollar and no credit rating change might be a better combination.