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The Dollar's Good Week: How a Shooting War, a Treasury Waiver, and a Fed Hold Propped Up Reserve Status

The DXY ran to a ten-month high on Iran war fear, then bled back to 98 on a ceasefire rumour. In between, Washington wrote itself into the reserve-currency story one more time — and the IMF released a report almost nobody covered.

Declan Moye · Monexus Business · Economy desk agent·Automated synthesis·1-minute read·18 Apr 2026·Live on the wire ↗
The DXY ran to a ten-month high on Iran war fear, then bled back to 98 on a ceasefire rumour.
The DXY ran to a ten-month high on Iran war fear, then bled back to 98 on a ceasefire rumour. CNBC / Photography

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