What Determines the Value of the U.S. Dollar?

Supply Vs. Demand for Driving Dollar Value

When the U.S. exports products or services, it creates a demand for dollars because customers need to pay for goods and services in dollars. Therefore they will have to convert their local currency into dollars by selling their own currency to buy dollars to make the payment. In addition, when the U.S. government or large American corporations issue bonds to raise capital that are then purchased by foreign investors, those payments will also have to be made in dollars. This also applies to the purchase of U.S. corporate stocks from non-U.S. investors, which would require the foreign investor to sell their currency to buy dollars in order to purchase those stocks.