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A strong dollar directly hurts U.S. exporters and companies with large overseas profits.
A U.S. product becomes more expensive for a foreign buyer when the dollar strengthens — exactly the opposite of the mechanism described in Who Benefits From a Weak Dollar — which can hurt the international sales volume of U.S. exporters.
A company with significant revenue outside the U.S. translates it back to dollars for reporting purposes — a stronger dollar means the same amount of foreign-currency profit translates into fewer dollars, hurting reported earnings with no real change in operations.
Importers buying raw materials or goods from abroad, and U.S. consumers buying imported goods, benefit from a lower dollar-denominated price when the currency strengthens.
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