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Dollar’s recent weakness – Blip, not new trend

Olivier Desbarres

4X Global Research (4XGR)
February 12, 2021

In the past nine weeks major currencies and global equity markets have traded broadly in line with our expectations.
The US Dollar has traded in a very narrow range, confounding consistently bearish market expectations. Similarly, most emerging Asian currencies have barely moved...

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