The latest news about our dollar potentially dropping to pandemic-era lows has been making waves in financial circles, and it’s hard not to feel a bit uneasy about what this means for our economic future. The morning discussion over my batch brew at my local café turned pretty serious when this topic came up.

Let’s be honest - our economy has always had this peculiar relationship with rocks. Not just any rocks, mind you, but specifically the iron ore we’ve been digging up and shipping off to China for decades. This dependency has served us well during the mining boom, but now it’s starting to look like a double-edged sword. With China’s construction industry cooling off and their economy showing signs of struggle, our dollar is feeling the impact.