Strong Dollar Report: Mapping Trade Impact Across Emerging Markets
Researched and published an end-to-end report on how dollar strength reshapes import-export dynamics in emerging economies.
Saket Kumar
Associate - Research at Trademo
From their time as
Associate - Research
Trademo • 2026 - 2026
Overview
Saket took on this report at a point when dollar strength was becoming a live issue for Trademo's clients, many of whom were importers and exporters in emerging markets like India, Vietnam, and Indonesia. The research question was clear: how does a strong dollar affect the import and export of goods in these economies?
The Story
Saket took on this report at a point when dollar strength was becoming a live issue for Trademo's clients, many of whom were importers and exporters in emerging markets like India, Vietnam, and Indonesia. The research question was clear: how does a strong dollar affect the import and export of goods in these economies?
He started by pulling dollar index data from the Federal Reserve's currency database, charting the trend over four to five years to establish the baseline. From there, he structured the report around the stakeholders most affected: importers facing higher input costs and exporters positioned to benefit from a weaker local currency.
The analysis went deeper than the exchange rate itself. Saket traced the cascading effect of crude oil dependency across emerging economies, connecting dollar strength to rising oil prices, inflation, and the downstream impact on multiple product categories. This gave the report a layered macro-to-trade narrative rather than a single-variable view.
He concluded the report by positioning Trademo's real-time trade intelligence product as a tool for importers and exporters to navigate currency volatility, connecting the research findings directly to a commercial use case. The report was reviewed by his senior, approved, and published on the Trademo website, where it received multiple views and engagement from the platform's audience.