Its very simple. When the USA gets the punch bowl, (a plus for exporters) gasoline goes up. (a minus for consumers) When they take the punch bowl AWAY? (a minus for manufacturers) Gasoline goes down. (a plus for consumers)
Take this UUP (dollar chart) add GLD (gold) to it, side scroll out to Dec ’15 or Jan ’16, and clearly see dollar is net lower by 7% Gold net higher 20% (thru all manipulations)
Everybody gets a turn at feast or famine, locally or globally, until something big happens.
http://finance.google.com/finance?q=uup&ei=VOdYWoHKEdKXebKNvqAP