The dollar gained sharply on Friday after the July jobs report showed that hiring in the US was stronger than forecast. The dollar index, which measures the greenbackagainst a basket of other G-1o currencies, is up 0.91% to 93.64 at 10:15 a.m. ET. US employers added 209,000 jobs on net, while the unemployment rate returned to a 16-year low of 4.3%, according to the Labor Department's report. The greenback has fallen nearly 8% since inauguration day in January as President Donald Trump's agenda t...
The dollar gained sharply on Friday after the July jobs report showed that hiring in the US was stronger than forecast. The dollar index, which measures the greenbackagainst a basket of other G-1o currencies, is up 0.91% to 93.64 at 10:15 a.m. ET. US employers added 209,000 jobs on net, while the unemployment rate returned to a 16-year low of 4.3%, according to the Labor Department's report. The greenback has fallen nearly 8% since inauguration day in January as President Donald Trump's agenda t...
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