Dollar Soars to New 2019 High Even as Trump Laments Its Strength
- Bloomberg gauge climbs past previous high for year set in May
- Dollar gains fueled in part by comments from Fed’s Rosengren
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The ascent of the dollar is proving almost unstoppable.
While U.S. President Donald Trump lamented its strength on Twitter, the greenback continued to surge on Monday, taking a Bloomberg index of the U.S. currency to its highest level of 2019.