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A Weak Dollar Will Not Make America Great

A Weak Dollar Will Not Make America Great
U.S. dollar bank notes at the Korea Exchange bank in Seoul, South Korea, in this file photo. A stronger dollar is better for the domestic economy. Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images
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The U.S. dollar has become the safest asset, in the face of mounting evidence that competitive devaluations and drowning structural problems in liquidity are coming to a close.

The U.S. dollar is strengthening because of the evidence of a deeper slowdown in China and the massive imbalances built by some emerging economies in the past—large fiscal and trade deficits financed with the cheap inflow of dollars.

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