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How will the outcome of the US election affect the dollar?

Whoever wins the US presidential election, the recent uneven performance of the US dollar is likely to continue. If – as seems increasingly likely – Hillary Clinton emerges victorious, we would expect the US dollar to rise a little in trade-weighted terms, with its strength against other “major” currencies more than offsetting its weakness against the currencies of some of the US’s other important trading partners.

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