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USD: dollar weakens again

By Ricky Bean July 12th, 2017

Donald Trump’s eldest son released an email chain which referred to a top Russian government prosecutor as offering the Trump campaign damaging information about Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.

‘The Crown prosecutor of Russia … offered to provide the Trump campaign with some official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia and would be very useful to your father,’ was quoted from the 3 June 2016 email to Trump’s son from publicist Rob Goldstone.

Today the fall-out from yesterday’s saga will continue to play on the US dollar. Market attention will also move to Thursday and Friday’s US inflation data for direction.

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