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The dollar itself did not really become involved in the Tuesday's risk-off move but it was surely at the heart of the matter.

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The White House, meanwhile, was stoking that concern with talk of ramping up tariffs on trade with China...

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The US dollar enjoyed a strong end to the week, ahead of the release of the April nonfarm payrolls report, as well as anticipated wage growth and jobs growth figures.

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On Wednesday, Attorney General William Barr was questioned in the Senate. The biggest development, other than some dramatic back and forth which raised more questions than...

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It was a case of half-and-half with the US economic data. Consumer confidence and pending home sales beat analysts' forecasts; house prices and the Chicago PMI missed the mark.

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As the Washington delegation prepared to head for Osaka, Treasury Secretary Mnuchin was talking to CNBC about trade with Beijing.

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After four days of difficulty the USD was quite successful on Tuesday, leading the major currency pack as London opened this morning.

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There was the bad news and the not-so-bad news. The Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) was tolerable, given that it improved from -0.48 to -0.05 and was better than expected.

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If investors cared about existing home sales the USD might have done better on Friday: for the first time in two months sales increased in May...

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After a run of uninspiring US data the USD dug itself out of a hole on Friday with the retail sales and industrial production numbers...