Trump’s Currency Confusion Continues

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James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth

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Trump’s Currency Confusion Continues. Jeffrey Frankel, September 20, 2018, Opinion, "Ever since the 2016 US presidential campaign, Donald Trump has falsely accused the Chinese of keeping the renminbi artificially weak. But the fact is that Trump's own economic policies are driving up the value of dollar – an outcome that would have been foreseen by anyone with a basic understanding of economics." Link

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