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Dollar's strength not a threat to US economy

The dollar’s rise is attracting a lot of attention, but is nowhere near big enough yet to have any significant impact on US inflation, although it does appear to be weighing on exports. In real trade-weighted terms, the dollar is edging back up toward the peak reached in the early 1980s. Nevertheless, with the trade deficit still contained, the currency does not look severely overvalued.

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