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Is a strong dollar a good thing? Not for everybody

The U.S. dollar is the strongest it has been in 20 years. As it strengthens, other currencies — like the pound — weaken. That's good news for U.S. consumers and importers but bad news for others.
As the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates to fight high inflation, the U.S. dollar has strengthened significantly.

The value of the U.S. dollar is surging at a moment when there are few clear bright spots in the American economy.

It's now the strongest it has been in two decades, and it's poised to get even stronger. The new power of the greenback is roiling economies and markets around the globe, and creating winners and losers.

Early Monday, after the United Kingdom's new finance minister announced a

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