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Bloomberg Wealth: What a Surging US Dollar Means for You

US dollar banknotes at the Ninja Money Exchange, operated by Interbank HD, in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo, Japan.

Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg

Despite downdrafts buffeting the US economy, the dollar is pushing in one direction: up.

It’s a surprising shift from last year, when Bitcoin was up, fiat was on the outs and the greenback was hitting lows it hadn’t seen in years.