NEW YORK (Nov 7): The dollar will plunge toward the weakest since 2013 against the yen in the wake of an election victory for Donald Trump, the most-accurate currency forecasters say.

Within 24 hours, the greenback will drop to 100 yen or lower if Trump is voted president, according to the majority of the top 10 foreign-exchange analysts in Bloomberg’s third-quarter rankings. If Hillary Clinton wins, they see an advance.

The dollar surged 0.8% to 103.97 yen ($1.40) as of 7:26 a.m. in Tokyo on Monday after the Federal Bureau of Investigation said it maintains the view Clinton’s handling of her e-mails wasn’t a crime.

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