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On correlating Asian market movements to USD strength
I'm still trying to get my head around how directly $USD strength impacts, say, the Nikkei or Hang Seng. It feels like there's a strong inverse correlation most times, especially when the Dollar Index starts moving, but then sometimes it just doesn't. Am I oversimplifying it, or are there specific catalysts that can decouple them?
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That's a great question. I've noticed the same thing, where the correlation seems to hold until it suddenly doesn't. I wonder if it's more about how the USD strength is perceived relative to specific regional economic data coming out of Asia, rather than a blanket rule.