If the price of buying a car starts rising in the United States, consumers may need to look no further than the dollar's recent slide against major foreign currencies.
On the other hand, economically depressed Midwestern farmers may find it easier
to sell surplus grain overseas if a weak dollar makes it cheaper for foreigners to
buy U. S. goods.
The dollar spent much of last week on the skids, flirting with its lowest level of the
year against the Japanese yen It also has lost ground to the euro.
Source The Columbus Dach 1990
According to the passage, why might the price of buying a car start rising in the
United States?