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this article is about the fact that the US is dollar is suffering from a value depreciation. However i think that the interesting part about this article is the fact that people are reluctant in the US to accept the fact that they are on the decline from being the number on economic super power in the world.

NEW DELHI got caught off guard by recent appreciation of the rupee, particularly against the euro, the majority of the exporting firms surveyed by FICCI want the Reserve Bank to peg a fixed currency exchange rate. They took a cue from China, which has pegged a fixed rate of yuan against the US dollar.An overwhelming 88 per cent of the 278 exporting firms participating in the survey, said the sudden appreciation in rupee has affected their margins. They lost on account of forward contracts that were booked to hedge currency risk.

Due to a combination of factors, the value of the Euro is expected to depreciate relative to the United States Dollar in the next few days. The European Central Bank lowered its base interest rates to their lowest levels in many years due to an issue of stagflation (no growth, high inflation) which is expected to decrease the value of the currency further. Meanwhile, economic growth in the US has exceeded expectations, making it likely that the value of the Euro will fall very again very soon.

This article shows an example of how exchange rate changes can affect revenue for firms.