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EUR 164.16 For Business Accounts Only

Moody's: USD appreciation amid proposed border tax creates vulnerabilities for some sovereigns

New York, February 27, 2017-- The US dollar is expected to further strengthen in 2017, and the proposed border adjustment tax component of the US corporate tax reform proposal could spur a permanent real appreciation of the US dollar, generating a variety of currency related vulnerabilities for some sovereigns, Moody's Investors Service says in a new report. "Even a partial dollar appreciation could be very large compared to historical movements in the dollar, and pose...
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