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US exit from IMF would be true dollar shock - REUTERS
By Mike Dolan
LONDON, April 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar has suffered its worst start to any year since 1989 as the Trump administration has put forward once unthinkable economic policies, unnerving global investors.
But one proposed shift would be of a different order altogether: an exit by the U.S. from the International Monetary Fund.
Sweeping global trade barriers, broken alliances and blistering verbal attacks on the U.S. central bank and other federal institutions have taken a toll on what many consider an already over-valued U.S. currency and assets.
