US President Trump: Talked about Ukraine, Iran with Putin
United States (US) President Donald Trump is hitting the wires amid the Federal Reserve (Fed) monetary policy announcement. President Trump spoke with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, about the ongoing situation between Russia and Ukraine and that of the United States with Iran.
Spoke with Putin today.
Talked about Ukraine, Iran with Putin.
We had a very good conversation.
I suggested a bit of a ceasefire in Ukraine.
Putin would like to be of help.
Trump asked which war ends 1st: maybe similar timetables.
Will knock out the rest of the missiles and systems if we don't make a deal with Iran."
Market reaction
Trump's words had no actual impact on financial markets, as investors are dealing with the Middle East crisis and the Fed's announcement, in a wait-and-see mode at the time being ahead of Chair Jerome Powell's speech.
US Dollar Price Today
The table below shows the percentage change of US Dollar (USD) against listed major currencies today. US Dollar was the strongest against the New Zealand Dollar.
| USD | EUR | GBP | JPY | CAD | AUD | NZD | CHF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 0.26% | 0.26% | 0.42% | -0.03% | 0.85% | 0.91% | 0.23% | |
| EUR | -0.26% | -0.01% | 0.13% | -0.29% | 0.58% | 0.67% | -0.04% | |
| GBP | -0.26% | 0.00% | 0.11% | -0.29% | 0.57% | 0.66% | -0.04% | |
| JPY | -0.42% | -0.13% | -0.11% | -0.43% | 0.46% | 0.54% | -0.12% | |
| CAD | 0.03% | 0.29% | 0.29% | 0.43% | 0.90% | 0.96% | 0.25% | |
| AUD | -0.85% | -0.58% | -0.57% | -0.46% | -0.90% | 0.07% | -0.67% | |
| NZD | -0.91% | -0.67% | -0.66% | -0.54% | -0.96% | -0.07% | -0.70% | |
| CHF | -0.23% | 0.04% | 0.04% | 0.12% | -0.25% | 0.67% | 0.70% |
The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the US Dollar from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the Japanese Yen, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent USD (base)/JPY (quote).