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"Stronger dollar means that anything made in the US or sold from the US is going to cost more overseas. I.E., More expensive. Following classical economics laws of supply and demand, as prices rise, demand falls (except for those goods that are “inelastic”). **Stronger dollar, though, means we can continue running deficits, i.e., foreigners buy our Treasuries, which puts money into our account and we promise to pay them back at some point in the future."**

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Sharmine Narwani

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Russian newspaper Izvestia: The major terrorist attack on #Aleppo was coordinated between Turkish, Ukrainian and French intelligence with Israeli support and American approval. The planning was two months ago and the attack was supposed to be next March, but the events in Lebanon contributed to the urgency.

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