Drawing on insights from DWS currency specialists, the analysis highlights how recent dollar softness fits into a shifting macro and policy landscape.
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The dollar’s year-to-date decline stems largely from technical hedging flows rather than a fundamental reassessment of U.S. assets.
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Liquidity depth and institutional stability continue to underpin its long-term reserve-currency role despite short-term policy uncertainty.
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Tactical rotations into assets seen as policy-independent—such as gold—signal hedging behavior, not a structural move away from the greenback.
For a deeper exploration of the forces shaping the dollar’s outlook and the implications for positioning, the full report offers more detail.
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