Dollar to rise as fed may raise two or three times, Westpac’s Rennie says
By Bloomberg
27 December 2018 |
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Robert Rennie, Sydney-based head of global market strategy at Westpac Banking Corp., talks about Federal Reserve policy, the dollar, Asian stocks and oil.
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