Google searches for “debasement” and especially “dollar debasement”
Google searches for “debasement” and especially “dollar debasement” have surged to unprecedented levels toward the end of 2025, reflecting rising public anxiety over the weakening of fiat currencies amid aggressive global monetary expansion. This is not a random spike; it is tied directly to what analysts now call the “Debasement Trade”, a shift where investors move capital into hard assets such as Bitcoin and gold as protection against currency erosion.
Since 2020, the winning strategy has been consistent: short fiat and bonds, long scarce assets, from Bitcoin and gold to equities and real estate. With the dollar down 10% in the first half of 2025, its worst six-month drop in 50 years, and with global liquidity rising again, the market increasingly views debasement, not recession, as the dominant macro force.