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Treasury's Lew says a strong dollar is a good thing


    MIAMI (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Friday said a strong U.S. dollar was a "good thing" and reflected strength in the U.S. economy, repeating a long-standing mantra of U.S. administrations.

    Lew was speaking in Miami before students and businessmen at the Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus.

    (Reporting by Zachary Fagenson in Miami; Additional reporting by Jason Lange in Washington; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)