Yesterday we found out that the U.S. Trade Deficit Widened in August to Largest Since 2006 https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/us-trade-deficit-widened-in-august-to-largest-since-2006/ar-BB19KHeP However, the way the current global financial system is setup (on a Dollar standard post 1971) the US cannot run enormous net trade surpluses anymore like President Trump claims. This is because of Triffin's Dilemma. Read More About The Triffin Dilemma (Paradox): 1) Triffin dilemma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triffin_dilemma 2) How The Triffin Dilemma Affects Currencies https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/1011/how-the-triffin-dilemma-affects-currencies.aspx 3) Triffin Dilemma (Reserve Currency Paradox) https://currenciesfx.com/index.php/triffin-dilemma 4) The Triffin Dilemma https://dailyreckoning.com/the-triffin-dilemma/ But also because of currency wars, how pretty much every other country is also trying to do stagflate and tax and lie and the Dollar Tug of War is preventing policy makers in DC from rapidly devaluing the Dollar. Since the 2008 financial crisis, many emerging market countries changed their business model to export raw commodities and luxury goods to China while massively increasing their borrowing in Dollar denominated debt. This worked for awhile while Ben Bernanke was doing QE and the DXY hit multi decade lows in 2011. However, the last 5 years the Dollar Index has been range bound. Lyn Alden: Dollar Shortage Will Only Be Temporary? Flood of Dollars Coming? https://youtu.be/Y__2JYnNiFg Please visit the Wall St for Main St website here: http://www.wallstformainst.com/ Follow Jason Burack on Twitter @JasonEBurack Follow Wall St for Main St on Twitter @WallStforMainSt You can also checkout the Wall St for Main St Facebook Fanpage at http://www.facebook.com/WallStforMainSt or the Wall St for Main St Facebook Group where you can learn and join in on the conversation! Commit to tipping us monthly for our hard work creating high level, thought provoking content that includes interviews with top experts, analysis and short videos about investing and the economy https://www.patreon.com/wallstformainst Also, please take 5 minutes to leave us a good iTunes review here! We only have about 86 5 star iTunes reviews and we need to get to our goal of over 100 5 star iTunes reviews asap! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wall-street-for-main-street/id506204437 If you feel like donating fiat via Paypal, Bitcoin, Gold Money, or mailing us some physical gold or silver, Wall St for Main St accepts one time donations on our main website or through Paypal. Send one time donations to our Paypal to the email address: [email protected] Donate Crypto Currency to WS4MS: Send Bitcoin to: 1N5iDrazojYX5rWxmoyp982RDXJzJrFoPC Send Ethereum (ETH) to: 0x748dD59fA5d5dF80E8C0038DD4F60DAb810fe61a Send Litecoin to: MW7g44j5FX9CYEkvfPvxsW5dFjHY84yup4 Send DASH to: XuEEhWptwf1XxP2nFYQxmBfBBJYehqRoBJ Send Zcash (ZEC) to: t1MGcxyWpiH6JeyF9nnWHw9poRpvTW4PT6S Send Bitcoin Cash (BCH) to: qr7mp7f053rwnpxalxljl3f9x5tulzv53ya88d7wch Wall St for Main St is also available for personalized investor education and paid research work (we write research reports and teach). Please email us to learn more about the research work we offer at: [email protected] **DISCLAIMER- ANYTHING MENTIONED DURING THIS AUDIO OR SHORT VIDEO RECORDING IS FOR INFORMATION & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE INVESTMENT ADVICE. JASON BURACK AND HIS GUESTS ARE MERELY STATING THEIR OPINIONS ON DIFFERENT TOPICS RELATED TO INVESTING, THE ECONOMY, MARKETS OR COMPANIES. PLEASE TALK TO YOUR INVESTMENT ADVISOR AND DO ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND DUE DILIGENCE ON YOUR OWN BEFORE INVESTING AND MAKING IMPORTANT INVESTMENT DECISIONS.- DISCLAIMER**