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Oct 2022
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Strong Dollar Means Big Discounts for Am...

The Wall Street Journal
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The strength of the U.S. dollar against currencies like the euro and Japanese yen has boosted the spending power of Americans traveling internationally. WSJ travel reporter Allison Pohle joins host J.R. Whalen with more. 
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