Markets

Dollar down days

Name: Dollar down days
Uploaded: 2013-08-12T16:21:08.666Z
Duration: 4 min
Channel: Financial Times
Description: James Mackintosh on the strange case of the weaker dollar

Investors had been betting on an improved US economy leading to tightening monetary stimulus and a rise in the dollar. But the greenback dropped 5 per cent before a slight recovery. Investment editor James Mackintosh looks for an explanation.

August 12, 2013

Produced by Nalini Sivathasan. Filmed by James MacDonald.