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US dollar

  • Friday, 10 January, 2025
    Gillian Tett
    Dollar dominance means tariffs are not the only game in town

    America’s grip on global financial services could provide Trump with another source of leverage

    Efi Chalikopoulou illustration of Trump wearing a crown made of dollar bills.
  • Monday, 6 January, 2025
    Dollar drops over report Trump considering scaling back tariff plans

    US currency regains some of its losses after president-elect denies that campaign pledge will be watered down

    Packs of freshly printed $20 notes are processed for bundling and packaging at the US Treasury’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington DC
  • Friday, 3 January, 2025
    Dollar surges against euro and sterling

    US jobs data adds to investor confidence over strength of American economy

    US dollar and euro banknotes
  • Monday, 23 December, 2024
    Eswar Prasad
    The ironies of Trump’s tantrums about the dollar

    His policies would cement the US currency’s dominance while undercutting the institutional framework that is its bedrock

    President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance,
  • Saturday, 21 December, 2024
    On Wall StreetBrendan Greeley
    What a Christmas cash scheme from the Great Depression tells us about money

    A scrip still handed out by city of Hawarden is built on sound administration

    A row of men in overalls, and one girl, sit in front of an out-of-business cafe with soaped windows, during the Great Depression, United States.
  • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
    US equities
    US long-term bond yields rise to highest level in six months

    Wall Street stocks steady after heaviest sell-off since August

    A trader works on the floor as news of the Federal Reserve rate cut decision shows on a TV at the New York Stock Exchange
  • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
    US interest rates
    Fed cuts rates but ‘hawkish’ forecast hits stocks and sends dollar jumping

    US currency hits strongest level in two years after central bank signals only half a percentage point of reductions in 2025

    The Federal Reserve building in Washington
  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2024
    Brazilian economy
    Brazil currency sell-off piles fiscal reform pressure on Lula

    Investors issue warning after central bank burns through billions of dollars and lifts rates in attempt to prop up real

    Pedestrians walk past a WesternUnion Co. currency exchange shop on Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo
  • Tuesday, 17 December, 2024
    Wall Street bets Trump will fuel further dollar gains

    US president-elect unlikely to get his wish of a weaker currency, according to analysts and investors

    The facade of the US Federal Reserve building, including a statue of a bald eagle and engraved letters
  • Friday, 13 December, 2024
    The Long ViewKatie Martin
    Trump’s tricky dollar problem

    The president-elect might want a weaker US currency but market forces are pushing in the other direction

    Donald Trump on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange this week
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    The Three-Dollars Problem

    Turbulence ahoi

  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    Inditex
    Inditex pins hopes on Trump dollar rally as sales disappoint

    Zara owner expects Trump rally to boost retailer in crucial Christmas quarter

    Outside a Zara store in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    Markets InsightBarry Eichengreen
    A turning point for the dollar is coming

    The short- and long-term prospects of the currency are at odds

    Illustration showing US dollar banknotes
  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2024
    Hedge funds
    Hedge funds profit from ‘Trump trades’ around US election

    Element Capital and Graham Capital among macro managers that did well out of recent market swings

    A montage of $100 notes and the outside of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Monday, 2 December, 2024
    Dollar climbs after Trump’s Brics tariff threat and French political woes

    Currency on course for biggest daily rise since November 5 US presidential election

    A teller shows US dollar bills
  • Tuesday, 26 November, 2024
    Currencies
    Rouble slides as new Russian sanctions stifle foreign trade

    Pressure on currency set to continue as curbs against lenders such as Gazprombank hit export payments

    People walk on the Red square next to St Basil’s Cathedral and the Spasskaya tower of the Kremlin
  • Monday, 25 November, 2024
    Dollar falls after Trump names Bessent to Treasury role

    US bond yields drop as hedge fund manager nominated for top economic position

    Scott Bessent speaks at a Republican party campaign event in August. He is seen gesturing while standing at a podium, with a US flag in the background.
  • Monday, 25 November, 2024
    Shahin Vallée
    Why Scott Bessent could be Trump’s James Baker

    The next president’s choice as Treasury secretary may find a way to place Maga economic policy in a co-operative international framework

    President Ronald Reagan (L) and his chief of staff, James Baker, ride in the presidential limousine in 1981
  • Saturday, 23 November, 2024
    Global Economy
    Strong dollar set to hit emerging market bonds, warn investors

    EM debt funds suffer outflows as hopes of rate cuts by developing nations fade

    Workers exit the Central Bank of Brazil headquarters in Brasilia,
  • Monday, 18 November, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
    The US dollar surges

    Investors are betting that Donald Trump will drive up inflation, keeping bond yields higher

  • Tuesday, 12 November, 2024
    Markets InsightRobin Brooks
    Big changes are coming for dollar and emerging markets

    If Trump imposes larger tariffs, the renminbi and US currency pegs will come under pressure

    Donald Trump holds a tariff table as he speaks in the Cabinet Room of the White House in 2019
  • Monday, 11 November, 2024
    Political risk and investment
    Bitcoin, dollar and Tesla jump as investors pile into ‘Trump trades’

    Markets expect US president-elect to take light-touch approach to regulation

    A man with a backpack walks past a storefront displaying multiple bitcoin symbols and an advertisement for bitcoin ATMs in Nicosia
  • Friday, 8 November, 2024
    Markets InsightMansoor Mohi-uddin
    With Trump in power, the dollar is likely to rally but then weaken

    Over the incoming president’s second term, the risks of crises may unwind the greenback’s strength

    The US flag hangs on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange in New York’s Financial District
  • Thursday, 7 November, 2024
    Yen
    Japanese official warns on ‘excess moves’ in yen after Trump win boosts dollar

    Asian currencies under pressure following US election

    Japanese 10,000 yen banknotes and US 100 dollar bills are arranged side by side.
  • Wednesday, 6 November, 2024
    Political risk and investment
    US stocks hit record and investors dump bonds after Trump victory

    Dollar rallies in its best day in 2 years as ‘Trump trades’ sweep through global markets

    Dollar banknotes
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