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Dollar rally signals bad news for oil, multinationals

Kenya: The asset with the greatest prowess of late has been the US dollar, and if its rally continues, it threatens to eat into the earnings of multinationals.

The greenback’s recent gains have lifted the dollar index — a measure of the dollar’s value relative to six currencies — for 10 consecutive weeks.

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