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Trumponomics, Reaganomics and the US dollar

Although we expect the US dollar to continue to strengthen, we doubt that it will climb as high as it did in the early 1980s. Admittedly, the Trumponomics of the future may resemble the Reaganomics of the past. But any shift in the policy mix is unlikely to be as dramatic or as positive for the currency.

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