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Dollar defies detractors with its strongest start in 5 years

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Bloomberg/Susanne Barton/2-15-2020

“The U.S. currency is having its best start to a year since 2015, defying the expectations of many forecasters and potentially adding global growth headwinds.”

USAGOLD note:  Both the dollar and gold have gained thus far this year on the capital flow to safe havens.  Bloomberg reports that the dollar is up 1.9% since the end of December.  Gold is up 4.4% during the same period. It is not often that the dollar and gold are traveling companions, but they have been since early 2019 as shown in the chart below.

overlay chart showing gold and U.S. Dollar Index rising