That means in nine years the economy is twice the size in dollar terms, but only about 35% bigger in inflation-adjusted terms.
"In recent years we have been the most lucrative major championship in dollar terms but with the shift in the exchange rate that may be difficult to sustain, " said Hill.
He said there was a decline in tonnage of 14% in 2010, but that would turn positive in dollar terms.
Since the beginning of the year there has been a 67% rise in the cost of oil in dollar terms, but only 52% rise for those who paid in euros.
True, the Korea Composite Index has risen 2% this year in dollar terms but it's 47% lower than it was 12 months ago.
That is in dollar terms, but even as a percentage of GDP, US government spending has been at its highest levels since World War II.
"Starting salaries do not tell you a whole lot, but there is a real divergence in dollar terms as you go over the course of a career, " says Al Lee, director of quantitative analysis at PayScale.com.
The strong peso has hurt exports, but not as much as last year's falloff in demand from the U.S. So far this year the Mexican Bolsa is up 10% in dollar terms, but stocks are still relatively cheap at 17 times earnings.
Far more common--but still damaging--are the high-volume crime spikes, spam e-mail distribution and "phishing, " a pernicious technique for stealing credit-card information. (For more on online scams, check out "Where The Scammers Are".) The carnage is hard to pin down in dollar terms, but Marcus Ranum, chief security officer of Tenable Security, says it's "billions upon billions"--far more than all "major" hacking incidents combined.
Figures for the June 2003 fiscal year are disappointing: in U.S. dollar terms, a 22% rise in revenue, but a 10% falloff in operating profit.
Giving yourself the same upside potential, but having a much smaller, in terms of dollar value, total position.
Considered from an investment standpoint, commodities such as oil and gold continue to rise in nominal terms while the dollar falls, but sticky consumer prices remain relatively stable.
For the second quarter, Tupperware expects to see sales rise 7% to 9% on a local currency basis, but favorable exchange rates will push sales higher in U.S. dollar terms by 12% to 14%.
And the fact that it allows for this dollar-for-dollar requirement that is completely confected, but has created a hostage situation in terms of our economy, it even does that.
This not only provides us with incentives but information, as our insurers quantify and remind us of the benefits of healthy behavior in dollar terms.
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