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The dollar gained on Friday as reports that U.S. President Donald Trump was considering plans to impose tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports as soon as next week boosted safe-haven demand. Citing six people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg Read more

The British pound held firm in early Asian trade on Thursday, after making its biggest gains in seven months the previous day, following comments from the European Union’s chief negotiator offering Britain close ties after Brexit. The pound surged as Read more

 Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C). is bullish on the dollar. U.S. President Donald Trump could change that. The administration’s preference for a weaker greenback, combined with its unpredictable policy moves, pose a key risk for foreign exchange markets, according to Calvin Tse, North Read more

The dollar remained near one-month lows against the euro on Tuesday, but gained against the yen after a U.S.-Mexico deal aimed at overhauling the North American Free Trade Agreement boosted appetite for riskier assets. The agreement put pressure on Canada Read more

The Chinese yuan gained on Monday as the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) stepped in to support the currency by re-introducing a counter-cyclical factor to its daily fixing mechanism. The USD/CNY pair traded at 6.8099 by 1:15AM ET (05:15 GMT), down 0.1% after China’s Read more

The dollar held onto recent gains in early trade on Friday after U.S. and Chinese officials ended two days of trade talks without any major breakthroughs. The talks between the two nations ended as their trade war escalated on Thursday Read more

The dollar advanced for the first day in six on Thursday as new U.S. tariffs on $16 billion of Chinese imports are set to take effect later Thursday, while China said it would impose retaliatory tariffs on the same amount of U.S. Read more

The dollar was little changed, while the Japanese yen slipped on Wednesday after climbing overnight following reports that U.S. President Donald Trump’s longtime lawyer Michael Cohen admitted to making illegal payments and committed other crimes to influence the 2016 election. The U.S. dollar Read more

The U.S. dollar slipped on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he disagreed with the Federal Reserve’s decision to raise interest rates. The U.S. Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of other currencies, was down 0.3% to 95.39 by Read more

The U.S dollar was little changed on Friday, while the Chinese yuan slipped after posting its biggest daily gain since January 2017 in offshore trade on Thursday following news that China and the U.S. will resume trade talks later in Read more