effect on asian currency, is jonathan cavanaugh.em currencies, the dollar it self, does it make sense to you to see the weakening trend today, given the surgeon equity? jonathan cavanaugh: i think the longer term fundamentals for the dollar, is that it is to the downside. the large twin deficits the u.s. is projecting over the next 12 to 18 months should certainly theinue to undermine dollar. the federal reserve is on a gradual path to normalize interest rates, but which and inflation fight -- pressures are not out of control at this point. so the longer trump trajectory is still a weaker dollar from our of. betty: we heard talk of a gradual path for interest rate hikes. we have implemented several rate hikes here in the u.s., and according to jay powell, we will see perhaps even more hawkish rate hikes in 2019 and 2020. that bode for a weakening dollar trend long-term? jonathan: you have to think about what is happening in the rest of the world over that period as well. if the rest of the world is starting to look stronger and bett