Loose talk about the demise of the United States dollar as the global reserve currency is extremely premature and frankly just silly.

Yes, yields on U.S. Treasurys may have increased since President Donald Trump’s misguided introduction of global tariffs. But make no mistake, the safe-haven assets of the global economy remain the U.S. dollar and U.S. Treasurys. 

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