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Dollar Comes Back Bid
Reports that a file from a former UK intelligence officer, which has circulated among policymakers and reporters for sometime, claim that Russia has material to try to blackmail Trump. Senior people close to the President-elect were said to be in contact with Russia during the campaign. Yet these political developments have been unable to derail the dollar, which is edging higher against most of the major currencies today. The focus is on US politics and the high degree of uncertainty. The lead story in the Financial Times is that Trump's nominee for Attorney General "Sessions retreats from Trump's election ... (full story)