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U.S. dollar heads for best week since 2022 after getting an unexpected boost from Fed’s Powell
After a rough go of it in 2025, the U.S. dollar has recently experienced a reversal of fortune. Bulls have Federal Reserve ...
Dollar Index Gets Back Above 100 Point Mark
The dollar index, fueled by positive economic data, is now back at a level not seen since May. The U.S. dollar index, which ...
Dollar drops as employers add fewer jobs than expected in July
The dollar fell broadly on Friday after data showed that employers added fewer jobs in July than economists had expected, ...
Billion-dollar disasters: The economic toll of wildfires, severe storms and earthquakes is soaring
A new report highlights the growing insurance crisis playing out in parts of the country that are prone to frequent weather ...
Live updates: Trump’s new tariffs give some countries a break, while shares and US dollar sink
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that set new tariffs on a wide swath of U.S. trading partners to go into effect on Aug. 7 — the next step in his trade agenda that will ...
Dollar rally runs into brick wall after payrolls disappoint
A resurgent U.S. dollar was undercut Friday after the July jobs report showed the U.S. labor market was weaker than thought. The ICE U.S. Dollar Index, a measure of the currency against a basket of ...
Dollar tumbles, traders price in more US rate cuts after weak jobs report
The dollar fell broadly on Friday after data showed that U.S. employers added fewer jobs in July than economists had expected ...