The world economy is being targeted in a variety of ways that is causing the dollar to have higher demand globally. When you tank Venezualas currency, the demand for the dollar goes higher. Now, add Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc, then Britain, Germany/Euro, then add the Baltic states. They get sabotaged, then rely on the dollar. Rinse and repeat. The layer above that is energy sabotage. Like Enron, sabotaging infrastructure to drive up prices, creating further dollar demand. That's why everything is so weird, right now.