“Dow futures fall as the British pound hits record low against the dollar”
September 26, 2022
“…Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell 78 points, or 0.3%, off the lows of the morning. S&P 500 futures shed 0.3%. Nasdaq 100 futures lost 0.1%.
The British pound dropped to a record low on Monday against the U.S. dollar. Sterling at one point fell 4% to an all-time low of $1.0382. The Federal Reserve’s aggressive hiking campaign, coupled with U.K.’s tax cuts announced last week has caused the U.S. dollar to surge. The euro hit the lowest vs. the dollar since 2002. A surging greenback can hurt the profits of U.S. multinationals and also wreak havoc on global trade, with so much of it transacted in dollars…”
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/25/stock-market-futures-open-to-close-news.html