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Sky News: Dollar has become a 'falling chainsaw' - what it means for you

"Positive fundamentals should eventually reassert themselves, but for now, no one is willing to catch the falling chainsaw that is the US dollar."- Karl Schamotta, chief market strategist with payments company Corpay Cross-Border Solutions.

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By Cross-Border
Jan 29, 2026
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“All that suggests we shouldn’t see as much outperformance in the dollar, unless there is a big safe-haven move,” said Karl Schamotta, chief market strategist at Corpay.

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“Corporates have been spurred into action by the dollar’s untrammeled rise - and by the breaking of psychological barriers in most major exchange rates,” said Karl Schamotta, chief market strategist at business payments company Corpay.

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“As the dollar rises, we are seeing a tightening of global financial conditions,” Schamotta said. “The US continues to make the world’s weather.”

Canadian dollar gains as BoC sends hawkish signal on rates
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"The loonie is getting squeezed higher by more hawkish guidance from the Bank of Canada and by modest softening in the (U.S.) dollar," said Karl Schamotta, chief market strategist at Corpay.

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