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Alan Ruskin joins us now the head of G10 FX strategy at Deutsche Bank.

Great to have you with us here in our Bloomberg 1130 studios.

Let's talk with, let's talk a little bit about oil.

We saw the diminishment and price set yesterday.

How does that play out in the currency markets? What are you

looking at for indications of how that's playing out here a day after that began?

David, well the first thing I think you look at is, is this indicative of a sort of a broader story of risk off, you know, are we seeing

risky assets selling off and the intriguing aspect of this particular decline in

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