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Dollar and yen may benefit from weak global economy

The latest signs that the US economy is losing momentum seem to have driven a risk-off mood in markets today, with equities struggling and the safe-haven US dollar and Japanese yen reversing earlier weakness. We expect risk appetite to worsen further over coming months, supporting both of those currencies.

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