When I checked the US Dollar over the previous five has not significantly changed in value when compared to the Euro, The British Pound, The Japanese Yen, The Australian Dollar, or the Canadian Dollar.

@John K. Hi

Originally posted by @Shahriar K.:Hi

Quote from @Azeez K.: Hi @Ana CristinaWelcome to BP community.

My guess is that it has to do with lender/creditor comfort as well as their ability to manipulate the Yen (much like the US and Chinese).

Originally posted by @Gerald K.: Hi @Christopher Bowen Will you be at the Snohomish meetup the end of the month?

Thank you All for the warm welcome :)@Timothy Yen best of luck to you too!

Previously a popular strategy for Japanese house wifes who could borrow yen cheaply and then buy dollar denominated debt at a higher rate of return.

@Timothy Yen - Town of North Hempstead (where Port Washington is located), has a website the makes it very easy to compare your taxes to similar homes.

The results have been poor to say the least: Interest rates near zero (failed), quantitative easing (failed), public spending (failed), numerous attempts to drive down the value of the yen (failed); the list is long and makes for painful reading.We are effectively caught in a liquidity trap.