Daily Kickstart (Dollar In Focus As UK Court Rules; Lira Plunges)

On Monday evening I said I'd likely find myself talking about the dollar again first thing Tuesday morning and sure enough... As noted last night, the greenback came under renewed pressure around 4:30 p.m. EST when Bloomberg ran comments from Trump's Treasury pick Steven Mnuchin who said "from time to time, an excessively strong dollar may have negative short term implications on the economy." He said some other stuff too, but the algos stopped reading at "excessively strong dollar." The rea