- the dollar is falling compared to US living expenses (US inflation)
- the euro is falling compared to the dollar (exchange rate)
- therefore, the euro is falling faster compared to US living expenses
- but the euro is not necessarily falling faster compared to EU living expenses (EU inflation)
Indeed, EU inflation and US inflation seem to be about the same, which means that the exchange rate change is not because one or the other is experiencing more inflation.
On the other hand it’s a great time for Americans to travel to Europe. Americans have for decades been relatively wealthy compared to Europeans but today are considerably so.
If you’re a Euro planning a trip to Disney, it’s very expensive right now.
Exports from EU will be more competitive, which in the medium term will strengthen the Euro again.
Bad if you're an American selling products to Europeans.
Commodities like food and gas go to the highest bidder usually. If country A is paying $10/pound for bacon and country B is also paying $10/pound for bacon the bacon suppliers will sell bacon to both countries, but if all of a sudden country A is only paying $2/pound for bacon because their currency went down 80%, the bacon suppliers will only sell their bacon to country B at $10/pound.