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Dollar rises on tariff worries after Trump’s Colombian threat

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By Ankur Banerjee

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar firmed on Monday as traders pondered the ramifications of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff plans at the start of a week where the Federal Reserve is widely expected to hold interest rates steady.

The dollar clocked its weakest week since November 2023 last week on ebbing fears of tariffs from the Trump administration, but those worries resurfaced after he said he will impose sweeping measures on Colombia.

The retaliatory moves, including tariffs and sanctions, comes after the South American country turned away two U.S. military aircraft with migrants being deported as part of the new U.S. administration’s immigration crackdown.

That led to the Mexican peso, a barometer of tariff worries, sliding 0.8% to 20.426 per dollar in early trade. The Canadian dollar was a bit weaker at $1.43715.

The euro was 0.14% lower at $1.0474 ahead of the European Central Bank policy meeting this week where the central bank is expected to lower borrowing costs. Sterling last fetched $1.24615.

That left the dollar index, which measures the U.S. currency against six units, at 107.6, still close to the one-month low it touched last week.

Investor focus this week will be on the central banks and how policymakers are likely to react after Trump said he wants the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates.

The Fed is expected to keep rates unchanged when it concludes its two-day meeting on Wednesday, though investors will be watching for any clues that a rate cut could come in March if inflation continues to ease closer to the U.S. central bank’s 2% annual target.

Data on Friday showed that U.S. business activity slowed to a ninth-month low in January amid rising price pressures, while separately U.S. existing home sales increased to a 10-month high in December.

“Optimism has surged about Trump’s growth-friendly America First agenda, inflationary pressures have intensified to a four-month high, and businesses are taking on employees at the quickest pace since 2022,” said Kyle Chapman, FX markets analyst at Ballinger Group.

“That picture is suggestive of a reheating labour market, and strongly supportive of an extended pause at the Fed.”

In other currencies, the Australian and New Zealand dollars were slightly lower but remained closer to their one-month highs touched last week. The Australian markets are closed for the day.

The Japanese yen strengthened nearly 0.4% to 155.41 per dollar in early trading after the Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis and revised up its inflation forecasts.

BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda said the central bank will keep raising interest rates as wage and price increases broaden but offered few clues on the timing and pace of future rate hikes.

Mark Dowding, chief investment officer at RBC BlueBay Asset Management, said the renewed attention back on the Japan story could provide a catalyst for the yen to appreciate in the weeks ahead.

“The Japanese currency remains extremely undervalued on most valuation models and, as interest rate differentials narrow, we think that this will help the yen perform better in 2025.”

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