January is rarely the retail sector’s strongest month but this year was worse than most. A huge 0.9% decline in monthly sales consigned the US dollar to its worst weekly performance of 2025. A plunging dollar will look to start stronger this week but a reappraisal of President Trump’s policies is unlikely to help.
EUR/USD: the past year
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