The U.S. dollar is in the midst of its worst slump in decades amid uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s economic strategy and plans for the Federal Reserve. This might be bad news for the greenback but it could be good news for gold investors. Slumping Dollar = Strengthening Gold: The weakening dollar has played a big part in gold’s recent surge. The dollar has slumped more than 10% so far in 2025, NPR reported. During the first half of the year it posted its worst six-month decline since 1973. This is the case even though the U.S. economy is still pretty strong and the stock markets have rallied from their ... (full story)