Economics 101 dictates that higher tariffs strengthen the value of a country's currency, but Trump's tariff announcement sent the value of the U.S. dollar plunging. Why it matters: It's a sign ...

That is because the dollar and Treasury bonds are the world ... Although Mr Trump’s tariffs raise money for the government, such revenue could be dwarfed by the higher payouts required by ...

The dollar, long a go-to hiding place during market selloffs, wasn’t rallying this time as investors rushed for safety. It was sinking, too, and fast as hot money poured into gold, the yen ...

If you’re relatively well informed, you’ve heard the term “strong dollar” throughout your ... “Global investors want to move their money to the U.S. to benefit from the higher interest ...

As U.S. inflation took off, Charles Kindleberger declared that “the dollar is finished as international money.” The great economic historian was wrong. Over the following decades the dollar ...