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Continued policy divergence likely to support the US dollar

Although the US Treasury’s biannual report on the “Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners” refrained from explicitly naming any country a “currency manipulator”, it highlighted the growing policy divergence between the US and other major economies. We think that this policy gap will continue to put upward pressure on the US dollar – despite its recent weakness, we think that it will end the year stronger against most other currencies.

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