BREAKDOWN: What If the Too-Strong Dollar Is a Solved Problem? Feat. Jon Turek

Finance writer Jon Turek argues that between Federal Reserve swap lines, Europe stabilization and a few other factors, the strong dollar problem may be (temporarily) solved.

This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com.

Today on the Brief:

The latest information in the Twitter hackThailand starts using its central bank digital currencyTreasury Secretary Mnuchin calls on Congress for more funds 

Our main conversation is with Jon Turek, author of “Cheap Convexity.” 

In this conversation, he and NLW discuss:

Why the dollar has gotten stronger thanks to a savings glut from AsiaHow a too-strong dollar hurts other markets more than the U.S.Why globalization died in 2011 and we just didn’t realize it How the Fed fixed the global dollar plumbing Why there are still questions of actual dollar shortages The detente in U.S.-China financial relations 

Find our guest online:

Website: Cheap Convexity 

Twitter: @jturek18

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