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Talking Heads – Any viable alternatives to a US dollar in the doldrums?

06min | 07/16/2025|

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With the US dollar battered by stop-start tariff policy, fiscal profligacy and questions about the independence of the Federal Reserve, where should investors turn? The dollar index, which measures the currency’s strength against a basket of six others including the pound, euro and yen, slumped more than 10% in the first half of 2025, the worst start to the year since the end of the gold-backed Bretton Woods system in 1973.

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With the US dollar battered by stop-start tariff policy, fiscal profligacy and questions about the independence of the Federal Reserve, where should investors turn? The dollar index, which measures the currency’s strength against a basket of six others including the pound, euro and yen, slumped more than 10% in the first half of 2025, the worst start to the year since the end of the gold-backed Bretton Woods system in 1973.

For more insights, visit Viewpoint: https://viewpoint.bnpparibas-am.com/

Download the Viewpoint app: https://onelink.to/tpxq34

Follow us on LinkedIn: https://bnpp.lk/am

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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