Thursday, January 22, 2026

U.S. dollar recovers slightly, consolidates recent moves

The dollar rose against the euro, Swiss franc, and the commodity-linked currencies such as the Australian and New Zealand dollars

The U.S. dollar slightly recovered on Monday, consolidating recent moves, after Friday’s trio of market-moving events that showcased the fragility of the greenback: a dismal U.S. jobs report, the resignation of a Federal Reserve Governor, and President Donald Trump’s firing of a top statistics official.

Those developments battered the currency and prompted investors to ramp up bets of imminent Fed rate cuts.

But the dollar’s bounce on Monday could be short-lived, analysts said, and the broader downtrend could re-emerge given U.S. policymaking uncertainty and a U.S. economy that is finally showing cracks.

Data on Friday showed U.S. employment growth undershot expectations in July while the nonfarm payrolls count for the prior two months was revised down by a massive 258,000 jobs, suggesting a sharp deterioration in labour market conditions.

Juan Perez, director of trading at Monex USA in Washington, said that the U.S. seems to be experiencing a slowdown across industries that are doubting the benefits to arrive from deterring overseas production and purchasing.

The world is not necessarily experiencing much optimism even as economic indicators here help in suggesting that aid will come from the Fed via rate cuts, he added.

In afternoon trading, the dollar rose against the euro, Swiss franc, and the commodity-linked currencies such as the Australian and New Zealand dollars.

The euro dipped 0.1% against the U.S. unit to $1.1576, while the dollar rose 0.5% against the Swiss franc to $0.8078.

The Aussie and New Zealand dollars also declined on Monday versus the greenback, falling 0.2% to $0.6463 and down 0.3% at $0.5904.

Versus the yen, the U.S. currency gained 0.3% to 146.945.

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