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Did Bank of Japan crash the dollar? United States is among the most vulnerable to Japanese contagion

Source: https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/did-bank-of-japan-crash-the-dollar Over the last nine days, the US dollar index collapsed: on 19 January, the index closed at 99.16. Today it is trading below 96 – a 3.2% decline! This may not sound like much, but as far as foreign currency markets are concerned, it’s a very substantial move: The culprit may have been the Bank …

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