Corporates hamstrung in response to FX volatility

Restrictions around hedging programmes leave US firms struggling to adapt to dollar weakness

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US corporates are having a hard time responding to increased currency volatility as internal restrictions around hedging programmes make it difficult for them to react quickly to the shifting strength of the dollar.

Heightened foreign exchange volatility, driven in particular by President Donald Trump’s chaotic tariff announcements, has seen the dollar weaken and made it difficult for corporates to forecast future cashflows from foreign earnings or imports. Treasurers, however, lack the

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