{"id":498971,"date":"2026-01-30T12:45:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T16:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/the-euro-continues-to-fall-and-drops-to-1-1899\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T12:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T16:45:17","slug":"the-euro-continues-to-fall-and-drops-to-1-1899","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/economy\/the-euro-continues-to-fall-and-drops-to-1-1899\/","title":{"rendered":"The euro continues to fall and drops to $1.1899"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Berlin.- <\/strong>The <strong>euro <\/strong>was trading at <strong>1.1899 dollars <\/strong>this Friday, below the barrier of <strong>1.1900 dollars<\/strong>, on a day marked by negative employment data in <strong>Germany<\/strong>, the largest European economy, with <strong>3,085,000 unemployed<\/strong>, the highest figure since 2014.\n\nThe community currency was trading around 4:00 PM GMT at 1.1899 dollars, compared to <strong>1.1926 dollars the previous day.<\/strong>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For its part, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecb.europa.eu\/ecb\/all-about-us\/html\/index.es.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ecb.europa.eu\/ecb\/all-about-us\/html\/index.es.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The European Central Bank (ECB)<\/a> <\/strong>set the reference exchange rate of the euro at 1.1919 dollars, slightly below the 1.1968 dollars of the previous day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The euro fell below the 1.1900 dollar barrier on a day in which the German Federal Employment Agency (BA) reported that the number of unemployed in Europe&#8217;s largest economy increased in January by four tenths, or 177,000 people, to 3,085,000, bringing the unemployment rate to 6.6%.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nThe community currency continued its <strong>fall that began after Tuesday approached $1.21<\/strong>, a high since June 2021, although it later lost ground.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/economia\/el-euro-sube-con-fuerza\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/economia\/el-euro-sube-con-fuerza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The euro rises strongly due to the weakness of the dollar against Trump&#8217;s policies<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nAlso appearing to weigh down the European currency against the greenback was the decision by US President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> to announce this Friday that he nominated US banker and economist <strong>Kevin Warsh <\/strong>to chair the <strong>Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (Fed) to replace Jerome Powell.<\/strong>\n\nIf confirmed by the Senate, Warsh will take the reins of a Fed burdened by doubts about its independence, after Trump insisted since his return to the <strong>White House<\/strong> in January 2025 that interest rates should fall more continuously and rapidly.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Berlin.- The euro was trading at 1.1899 dollars this Friday, below the barrier of 1.1900 dollars, on a day marked by negative employment data in Germany, the largest European economy, with 3,085,000 unemployed, the highest figure since 2014. 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