Most people encounter the dollar sign on a daily basis: in stores, on websites, in the media and more. The symbol also serves as shorthand, referring to money, wealth, capitalism, commercialism and ...

Ali Hussain has a background that consists of a career in finance with large financial institutions and in journalism covering business. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, ...

Ms. Patterson is an economist who has held senior positions at JPMorgan Chase and Bridgewater Associates. The U.S. dollar has been a symbol of American power for decades. Of the $7.5 trillion in ...

There's perhaps no better symbolic representation of America's financial might than the U.S. dollar. And right now, the world's top currency is taking a big, mighty punch. The dollar has slumped more ...