The U.S. greenback fell 1.3% on Tuesday, essentially the most since final April, after President Donald Trump declined to say that the forex had fallen an excessive amount of.
Chatting with reporters throughout a go to to Iowa to advertise his financial report, Trump was requested if he was snug with the present worth of the dollar and if he thought it had fallen an excessive amount of after sliding 10% over the previous yr.
“I believe it is nice,” Trump mentioned of the weaker greenback. “I imply the worth of the greenback, take a look at the enterprise we’re doing. No, [the] greenback is doing nice. You realize it’s extremely attention-grabbing, if you happen to take a look at China or Japan, I used to battle like hell with them as a result of they at all times wished to devalue their yen … you understand that, the yen and yuan, and so they’d at all times wish to devalue it. They devalue, devalue, devalue. And I mentioned, ‘not honest.’ They devalue, as a result of it is laborious to compete after they devalue.”
The Greenback Index, which tracks the U.S. forex in opposition to six main buying and selling companions (however not China), fell essentially the most in a single day since final April 10, when it tumbled nearly 2% amid mounting commerce disputes and U.S. threats to impose a 145% tariff on China. That very same day, the S&P 500 slid 3.5% and the Nasdaq Composite sank 4.3%.
On Tuesday, the greenback additionally dropped to its lowest degree since February 2022.
Greenback index futures over the previous yr
