Dollar’s haven status may have always been a mirage


If the dollar’s safety attributes in recent decades were largely a mirage, the implications are potentially profound. — Reuters

THE dollar’s sharp drop in April during a burst of tariff-related financial stress called into question what many had assumed to be its critical function as a safety trade.

Some now wonder whether that haven status was ever truly warranted.

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