Peter Leahy

Peter Leahy is an independent consultant specialising in the International Wholesale Interest Rate and Credit markets. He has worked with most of the world's largest financial institutions

Trump’s tariffs could damage the dollar

Donald Trump says his tariffs are about liberation. But his aggressive turn toward protectionism may signal the beginning of a shift away from the foundations that have upheld American prosperity for decades. The US dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency has long enabled the United States to consume far more than it produces, to