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 hack

Thailand starts using its central bank digital currency

Treasury 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 Asia

How 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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