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The Dollar’s Dilemma: Echoes of a Plaza Past and an Uncertain Future

Summary by Foreign Policy In Focus
By all appearances, a ghost from the 1980s is pacing the corridors of the White House once more. The phrase “Plaza Accord 2.0” is being quietly whispered, evoking memories of the 1985 deal that saw developed nations—most notably Japan—agree to manipulate exchange rates to arrest the dollar’s unsustainable ascent. Back then, the goal was to recalibrate an unbalanced global trade regime. Today, it’s more about salvaging a faltering grip on an incr…

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After instability and exchange of signals, with investors disseminating the proposed tax measures and in a study by the government to replace part of the increase in the Tax on Financial Operations (IOF), the dollar was signed in late on the final business line this afternoon (9), and closed at low 0.13%, R$ 5,5625. It was the third claim followed by the recovery of the North American currency, which has been at the lowest levels since the begin…

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UOL broke the news in Brazil on Monday, June 9, 2025.
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