Further, and not primarily due to any external factors (i.e. it's all of the USGov/ Federal Reserve/ private banking mafia system's creation) is the US dollar going to completely fail by no later than 2023, when tax receipts will no longer be able to fund interest payments, and likely this will occur much sooner, unlikely any later than 2020, since as confidence in the stability of the US drops, interest rates will have to rise to satisfy those purchasing USGov debt instruments notwithstanding the ongoing funny money Quantitative Easing. http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/02/19/the-us-economy-has-not-recovered-and-... USGov will have ~$20 trillion debt by January 2017: http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/01/senate-cliff-deal-would-push-debt-to-20-tr... Historical 1940-2014 and -2020 projected, US receipts and outlays: http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfacts/displayafact.cfm?Docid=200 No matter which side we view things from, that USD is evidently on its last legs.