Why This Harvard Economist Is Worried About the U.S. Dollar

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On WSJ’s Take On the Week, co-hosts Gunjan Banerji and Telis Demos talk about the most recent Federal Reserve meeting and Chair Jerome Powell’s wait-and-see approach. They then get into Wall Street’s latest obsession: following shipping data for indications on how the economy is faring. The co-hosts also get into what to expect from Walmart’s earnings later this week and Warren Buffett’s remarks at the recent Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting.

Later on the show, Harvard economist and former IMF chief economist Ken Rogoff joins to talk about why he thinks the purchasing power of the U.S. dollar is in decline and his new book “Our Dollar, Your Problem.” The co-hosts and Rogoff also dive into what the dollar’s waning supremacy means for consumers and investors and what it has to do with the “American exceptionalism” trade.

This is WSJ’s Take On the Week where co-hosts Gunjan Banerji, lead writer for Live Markets, and Telis Demos, Heard on the Street’s banking and money columnist, cut through the noise and dive into markets, the economy and finance—the big trades, key players and business news ahead.

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