{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/73fe3ede-5c5c-4850-96a8-30db8dbae8bf/67d4a87934deae95a58ab09a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Swamp Notes: Why Trump may want a weaker dollar","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/621e1a5bf5df83377cc948b8/1741989915063-f725ee03-a87f-45c1-82dc-caf65002289f.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This week, the value of the American dollar continued to decline. The plunge has been attributed to market volatility over President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs. But there are some on Trump’s economic team who have floated wanting to weaken the dollar intentionally. FT economics columnist Gillian Tett and <em>Unhedged</em> host Katie Martin join to discuss why the chaos that’s keeping investors worried may be a feature, not a bug.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Mentioned in this podcast:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unhedged/id1691284824\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Unhedged Podcast</a></p><p><a href=\"https://on.ft.com/4bsPfjd\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">What a Mar-a-Lago accord could look like</a></p><p><a href=\"https://ep.ft.com/newsletters/56a64b704f693a0300dfab7e/subscribe\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for the FT’s Swamp Notes newsletter here</a></p><p><br></p><p>Swamp Notes is produced by Katya Kumkova. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Special thanks to Pierre Nicholson.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/2d032af1-15cb-4fd0-ac3d-8de1e6e01617\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p>","author_name":"Financial Times"}