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A Weak Dollarby The Columbus Dispatch, September 7, 1999If the price of buying a car starts rising in the United States, consumers may need to look no further than the dollar's recent slide against major foreign currencies.On the other hand, economically depressed Midwestern farmers may find it easier to sell surplus grain overseas if a weak dollar makes it cheaper for foreigners to buy U.S. goods.The dollar spent much of last week on the skids, flirting with its lowest level of the year against the Japanese yen...It also has lost ground to the Euro. According to the passage, Midwestern farmers have surplus grain to sell. This is an example of(D)
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