Despite its own volatility in 2024, the U.S. dollar is finishing the year on a high note. There are several reasons for the dollar’s strength, not the least of which is enthusiasm over the incoming Trump administration's pro-growth policies.
However, most of the dollar’s strength can be summed up by the expression that the United States is the best house in a bad economic neighborhood. That is, the U.S. economy is outperforming that of the G10 countries.
