Oil $46 to $57, with Dollar index 91 to 94.7. Think about that for a while. TPTB may have manipulated the Dollar higher, to put a headwind in front of, or to avoid $100 oil to “protect” US consumers?
If the global powers really need and want a stronger US manufacturing export economy, they have to push the dollar lower. The master planners are in a catch 22 situation. They can’t help all Americans at the same time. Higher dollar helps lower consumer costs, but hurts US exporters.