The U.S. dollar is stronger than it's been in 13 years. That's bad.

At least for the working class...

A strong dollar only means so in certain contexts.
(Image credit: REUTERS/Gary Cameron)

You may have heard that the U.S. dollar is quite strong again. That sounds good, right? "Strong" is generally a positive adjective, after all.

Well, not so fast. Because if the dollar is strong, something else must be weak. So whether a "strong" dollar is a good thing or not depends on some context.

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Jeff Spross

Jeff Spross was the economics and business correspondent at TheWeek.com. He was previously a reporter at ThinkProgress.