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Dollar suffers worst start to the year since 1973

The U.S. dollar has suffered its worst first six months of a year in more than five decades.

For more on what is causing this and what could lie ahead for the rest of the year, Roben Farzad, host of the podcast “Full Disclosure,” joins host Scott Tong.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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