A piece from Bloomberg overnight (overnight Asia time anyway) on what might be called “the Detroit put”
“Trump has started to put emphasis on trade imbalances with Japan and China,” said Masafumi Yamamoto, chief currency strategist at Mizuho Securities Co. in Tokyo. “That shows the president won’t tolerate a stronger dollar on the back of higher yields in a bid to boost employment in the U.S. manufacturing industry.”
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