Economics

Virus-Fueled Dollar Surge Is Already Hitting U.S. Manufacturers

  • Oklahoma company fights to preserve a sale to Australia
  • Dollar index hits record on investors’ flight to safety
Photographer: George Frey/Bloomberg
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If you want to understand how this month’s coronavirus-fueled chaos in financial markets is impacting America’s real economy, look no further than McElroy Manufacturing and how the surging dollar is affecting it.