Dollar drops as Trump targets fed, China, and EU
21 July 2018 |
11:00 am
In "Futures In Focus," Phil Streible, senior market strategist at RJO Futures, examines the drop of the U.S. dollar and President Donald Trump claiming that China and the European Union are manipulating their currencies.
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