John Authers, Columnist

Trump May Find a Weak Dollar Isn’t Easy to Come By

There are clashes with his other economic priorities — but he’s putting the currency front and center.

July 18, 2024 at 4:00 AM UTC

John Authers is a senior editor for markets and Bloomberg Opinion columnist. A former chief markets commentator at the Financial Times, he is author of “The Fearful Rise of Markets.”

High tariffs, tax cuts, a weak dollar and low inflation don’t mix.
Photographer: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg

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More than anything, Donald Trump wanted to convince our interviewers from Bloomberg Businessweek of one thing — that the greatest problem afflicting the US was the strong dollar. The transcript of the interview, available here, is worth reading in full. His opening words were: