Why is the dollar strong?
Bank X, a foreign bank takes $ deposits and invests proceeds in $ assets, sadly these turn out to be toxic. Bank X dumps the toxic assets, takes the loss. What do they have to do to make the depositor whole ?
BUY $
$ will gain against EUR and GBP, not JPY.
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