US will balk at dollar rebound


FOR anyone betting on a US dollar rebound, your biggest barrier is in Washington – and not just at the Federal Reserve (Fed).

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent this week publicly prodded the Bank of Japan (BoJ) to keep raising interest rates, an extraordinary intervention that indicates how sensitive the current US administration is to any dollar rally.

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