Things are getting expensive. I was thinking, I just paid $9,000 for 1 set of kitchen cabinets/counters and one bathroom set of cabinets and counters. This would have cost me closer to $6,000 just 4 years ago, less than $4,000 10 years ago. There are three possible reasons for this: 1. US Dollar is worth less 2. Trade War/Tariffs are making manufactured imports more expensive 3. Labor is more expensive I wonder how this will extrapolate out. In theory, when times are tough the US dollar goes up, it and gold are the "last man standing" in a downturn, anything denominated in dollars will do better. Source: Bullionstar.com Essentially, non-US friendly countries have been moving their reserves of gold up recently. Personally, I believe it is possible that we are seeing a country such as China making a move against the US dollar for world reserve currency status. This is based on the fact that the 1944 Bretton Woods Agreement which established th