US of A

The United States of America is made up of 50 states plus a federal district, ya feel me? 🇺🇸

Most of the squad rolls up in North America, but lowkey, we've got some territories chilling in the Pacific, too. 🌊

Ever since Uncle Sam dipped from the UK on the Fourth of July, 1776 style, the U.S. has glow upped into a major player in the economic game. Flex 💪

Being the planet's **biggest cash cow**, the U.S. is like the boss in the global market game. 💼

Practically anything that goes down in the U.S., like people splurging more or when the President messes up on Insta, can totally shake things up worldwide! 🌍

United States: Facts & Figures

• Sneaky Neighbors: Canada, Mexico
• Size: 3,794,100 square miles – thicc land, indeed. 📏
• Squad Size: Approximately 347.3 mil peeps (2025 tea)
• Vibes Density: About 91.5 people per square mile 📍
• Main Squeeze (Capital City): Washington, D.C. 🗺️
• The Boss: President Donald J. Trump (sitting since Jan 20, 2025)
• Coinage: U.S. Dollar (USD) 💸
• Wants: Industrial stuff (crude oil, etc.), techy goods (computers, parts), consumer treats (cars, fashion, meds, furniture, toys), and farm goods
• Gives: Capital goodies (transistors, aircraft, parts), industrial must-haves (chemicals), consumer luxuries (cars, meds), farm goodies (soybeans, fruit, corn), and a bit of Taylor Swift
• #FriendGoals Trading Besties: Import: China (19%), Canada (14.1%), Mexico (12%), Japan (6.4%), Germany (4.7%) | Export: Canada (18.9%), Mexico (14%), China (7.2%), Japan (4.5%)
• Time Zones: From GMT -10 to GMT -5
• Check Us Out: http://www.usa.gov

Economic Tea

The U.S. stunting with a rep as the richest, zooming in at about $16.24 trill in output back in 2012. Our per-person cash vibes stood at around $51,700 that year. 💰

The U.S. is all about aircraft, whips, and tech stuff. It might seem like we're just pushing out material goods, but, surprise surprise, 70% of the flex is actually about services! 😲

Listen up, fam! The U.S. is famously living that deficit life, importing crazy more than sending out. 😬

NYSE is right at home here, acing the game as the world's biggest tradeshow in the stocks field. 🎆 Go big or go home! 💪

Being head honcho in the global economy, anything happening in the U.S. organically affects global vibes too, like even the forex market!

Monetary & Fiscal Joys

The Federal Reserve, aka the Fe (no cap), leads the swag on monetary vibes. 💵

Monetary policy is just the Fe's way of pulling money strings. They focus on the future, no yeet involved. 🔮

Fe got two BFF goals:

1. Keep those chill price vibes for consumer stuff stable.
2. Aim for that sustainable #growthgoals economy. 🌱

So basically, Fe vibes to keep Benjamin's game strong and your squad employed. 💼

Within the crew is the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). RN, it’s run by hype man Jerome Powell, aka "JPOW," making those logical money moves. 🎩

FOMC's tools? Bond buying/selling & nudging that Fed Funds Rate.

Open market ops mean trading gov financial goodies like securities, notes, & bonds.

Fed Funds Rate is the low-key vibe banks charge on overnight loans to each other.

Banks shuffle that dough to stay at Fed's reserve vibes.🔒

Now, fiscal call-outs? That's the U.S. Treasury's jam. It's all about government dough spending or tax leaping to switch up economy vibes. 💸

If business needs a glow-up, the Treasury can bread taxes to build more cool stuff like highways, schools, broadband, and secret ninja hangouts. 🤫🛣️

BUT if inflation flies off the handle, taxes can rise and spending skrrts. 🚫💰

Get Chummy with the USD

Ever hear "Buck" for U.S. dollars? It's a throwback to bucks being currency for them OG American settlers exchanging with the peeps – talk about retro! 🦌💵

Even when paper bills swooped in as currency kings, peeps still vibe with calling it bucks! Check out these FX features of the buck:

Liquidity is honestly a mood!

USD is that main character; tons of cash swaps daily feature the USD. Commodities like gold and oil have their USD glow-up, too. 🌟 During the Asian session, the dollar snags about 93% of all currency action! 🎉

Simple view: NYSE and that U.S. bond palace. The value of NYSE-listed squads is like $28.5 trillion, handling 78% of the planet's $36.6 trillion stocks. 📈

Of the global bond stage worth $82.2 trillion, U.S. grabs $31.2 trillion. Transactions do the dollar dance. That's USD being lit, fam! 🔥

Fe & U.S. gov are team "Stay Strong USD" 💪

Lately, Fe and Treasury love sporting a “strong dollar” vibe.

They stan monetary and fiscal tunes aligned towards a poppin' USD, benefiting the U.S. and the world at large – relatable mood! 🌐

Emerging cash peeps use me to measure up

Heard that dollar's the global savings jar? Yasss, some countries peg their currencies against it!

When a country pegs, they're buying or selling currency at a fixed USD price.

While the gov can play around with money supply, equivalent dollar reserves slay the rules.

This tells us how vital USD is; if USD stumbles hard, it low-key drags down currencies pegged to it worldwide. 🌍

USD's Go-To Economic Vibes

NFP (Non-farm Potentials 📊) – The NFP report is all about last month’s employed peeps change.

GDP – The GDP report shows off the country’s total value of all final swags.

Retail Sales – This sales report checks the monthly glow-up in retail's grand total. The core one skips ride sales. 🚗

Consumer Price Shine (CPI) – The CPI checks changes in a set list of goods' and services' prices. The core skips food and energy ‘cause those vibes are all over.

Personal Spendin’ Goals – Kinda like CPI but this one's important ‘cause Fe looks here for monetary radio! 👀 We wanna keep up with the peepz in the know, right?

U of Mich Vibes Survey – Every month, the University of Michigan drops its consumer vibes report.

This compass checks if peeps are down with the economy. If the mood's good, expect more spending! 💸

What Makes the USD Bounce? 🏀

Gold Fever

When USD's at risk (like inflation city), gold gets flexed as the safety net. Unlike most assets, gold holds its inner vibe strong. 🚀

Gold stays gold, everywhere! Spotting rising gold prices? Might mean USD’s getting less love. 🤔

U.S. Money Moves

Power moves in the U.S. pull investors like moths to a flame.

Investors need hot USD to vibe in the U.S., rising demand for U.S. shines equals more buck demand! 💸

In ↔ Out Capital Everything

The U.S. tosses a deep market arena with Japan and London – providing all kings, billionaires, and heirs with vibes to pick from.

Wanna invest in American assets? You'll need USD's magic. 🪄

Capital flowing in and out affects dollar values significantly. 👐

World Money Moves

Since USD takes the majority crown of currency rotations, global money moves impact its short-term moves. 👑🌍

Bond Flex Differences

Investors hunt for best deals and track yield differences between U.S. bonds and others.

If foreign bonds seem cooler than U.S. ones, funds bop away, shedding dollars. 😵‍💫

Whispers on Rate Vibes

Investors perk up for interest rate tune-ins, tracking vibes.

If Fe rises rates, demand for dollar assets climbs – bullish signs. 🦅

If suggested cuts loom, it could mean unclearness, dimming demand for said assets, and funds might skidaway from dollars.

Fe workers' innuendos on rate moves? Trading ears perked! 🙉

Uplifting **USD**

**USD**: The Base Legend

USD/XXX flexed in USD cash vibes. Standard lot sizes roll at 100,000 USD and mini at 10,000 USD.

The pip feels extra calculated in XXX vibes by dividing 1 pip of USD/XXX (0.0001 or 0.01) by its current rate.

P & L = XXX

Example time: If a pip worth 0.0001 lives at 1.4000, pip equals $0.000071 USD.

1 standard lot (100k units), each pip is about $7.142857 USD!

1 mini lot (10k units), each pip spins at $0.714286 USD.

Margin calculated in USD. 100:1 leverage needs 1,000 USD to trade 100,000 USD/CAD.

**USD**: The Quote Star

XXX/USD grooves in XXX jingle amounts. Standard lot sizes do 100,000 XXX, mini sizes at 10,000 XXX.

Pip value sizzles in USD by dividing 1 pip of XXX/USD (0.0001 or 0.01) by its rate.

P & L moves in greenbacks.

For standard lot size (100,000 units), each pip action = $10 USD!

For mini lot size (10,000 units), each pip ride = $1 USD.

So a EUR/USD swap from 1.0611 to 1.0616 with 1 standard position equals $50 USD (5 pip times $10 per pip).

Margin's math = USD. As XXX/USD slides, huge margin in USD comes in clutch. As it dips, less USD margin's needed.

USD Trading **Offense**

Connecting U.S. money events and world data's a keen USD strategy.

Example: If U.S. retail rises and UK job data tanks, it's a cue to ditch GBP/USD.

The U.S. dollar index (USDX) tracks USD vs currency gang, superb clue for USD trends. 🕵️

If USDX trends upward, it backs shorting EUR/USD.

Chatter of Fe's FFR hike, fancying higher US returns, sways traders to stack USD. Do it before it’s late!

Listening to Fe's money plan – cues might show in speeches – can unlock USD fate clues.

Fe hints inciting bullish USD/JPY? Go long. Dovish feels mean turn-around on USD/JPY. 👀