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US President Donald Trump: Would love to get Fed Chair Powell out right now

United States (US) President Donald Trump spoke at an interview in the Oval Office in the White House on Tuesday. 

Key takeaways

Started interviews for fed chair.  

Think already know choice for Fed chair.  

Would love to get Fed Chair Powell out right now.  

We have some surprising names for Fed chairs, we may go the standard way.”

US Dollar Price Today

The table below shows the percentage change of US Dollar (USD) against listed major currencies today. US Dollar was the strongest against the Swiss Franc.

USDEURGBPJPYCADAUDNZDCHF
USD0.05%0.02%0.26%-0.52%-0.32%-0.18%0.32%
EUR-0.05%-0.04%0.22%-0.57%-0.37%-0.21%0.28%
GBP-0.02%0.04%0.25%-0.54%-0.32%-0.19%0.32%
JPY-0.26%-0.22%-0.25%-0.79%-0.59%-0.45%0.07%
CAD0.52%0.57%0.54%0.79%0.20%0.33%0.86%
AUD0.32%0.37%0.32%0.59%-0.20%0.14%0.66%
NZD0.18%0.21%0.19%0.45%-0.33%-0.14%0.52%
CHF-0.32%-0.28%-0.32%-0.07%-0.86%-0.66%-0.52%

The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the US Dollar from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the Japanese Yen, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent USD (base)/JPY (quote).

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Agustin Wazne joined FXStreet as a Junior News Editor, focusing on Commodities and covering Majors.

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