{"id":262,"date":"2025-04-18T15:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T15:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soapandseife.com\/?p=262"},"modified":"2025-04-19T23:34:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T23:34:19","slug":"strange-sell-off-in-the-dollar-raises-the-specter-of-investors-losing-trust-in-the-us-under-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.soapandseife.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/18\/strange-sell-off-in-the-dollar-raises-the-specter-of-investors-losing-trust-in-the-us-under-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Strange sell-off in the dollar raises the specter of investors losing trust in the US under Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

By BERNARD CONDON, Associated Press Business Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Among the threats tariffs pose to the U.S. economy, none may be as strange as the sell-off in the dollar.<\/p>\n

Currencies rise and fall all the time because of inflation fears, central bank moves and other factors. But economists worry that the recent drop in the dollar is so dramatic that it reflects something more ominous as President Donald Trump tries to reshape global trade: a loss of confidence in the U.S.<\/p>\n

The dollar’s dominance in cross-border trade and as a safe haven has been nurtured by administrations of both parties for decades because it helps keep U.S. borrowing costs down and allows Washington to project power abroad \u2014 enormous advantages that could possibly disappear if faith in the U.S. was damaged.<\/p>\n