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World Business Report: First broadcast 2017/04/13 14:32 GMT: US Dollar Weakens After Historic Shift

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US Dollar Weakens After Historic Shift

First broadcast 2017/04/13 14:32 GMT

First broadcast 2017/04/13 14:32 GMT: US Dollar Weakens After Historic Shift

BBC World Service - World Business Report, US Dollar Weakens After Historic Shift

The US dollar loses value as America sees a historic shift in its economic policy.

The dollar loses value as America sees a historic shift in its economic policy. After President Trump said that the US currency was getting too strong and would damage the country's competitiveness in global markets, we speak to Catherine Schenk from the University of Glasgow to hear the implications of the dollar's fall.

In Zimbabwe, a governmental plan is underway to help people in the country borrow more money. We speak to journalist Peta Thornycroft, who tells us more about the idea - which includes using assets such as goats, cows and sheep as loan collateral.

Shops are as looking for new ways to make us spend money - and UK supermarket Sainsbury's thinks it has a clever strategy. It is putting mini versions of its other shops - such as Argos and Habitat - in its stores, to increase the number of things shoppers can buy under one roof. We speak to retail analyst Richard Perks to ask if this approach is the future of retail.

Armenia has welcomed an influx of Syrian refugees, from the native Syrian Armenian community in Aleppo. We hear from the capital of Armenia, Yerevan, where there is friction over the government's decision to help the refugees set up businesses in the services industry.

And finally, Burger King has caused frustration with its latest advert, which triggers voice activated assistants on mobile phones. The BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones explains that the advert commands Google to read out a list of ingredients in the fast-food chain's Whopper burger. But some mischievous people have found a way to skew the results.

(Image: A hand holding US dollar notes. Credit: Mohammed Huwaisa/ AFP/ Getty Images)

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