{"id":9437,"date":"2026-01-05T07:45:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T07:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=9437"},"modified":"2026-01-05T07:45:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T07:45:06","slug":"us-dollar-advances-as-maduro-ouster-fuels-rising-geopolitical-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=9437","title":{"rendered":"US dollar advances as Maduro ouster fuels rising geopolitical risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"textFreeArticle\">\n<p>A Bloomberg gauge of the dollar rose to the strongest level in two weeks after the US\u2019 move to oust Venezuela\u2019s President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro sparked an increase in geopolitical risks.<\/p>\n<p>The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index advanced as much as 0.3% to reach the highest since December 22. Benchmark Treasury yields slipped one basis point while the euro dropped 0.3% and the Mexican peso slid 0.7%.<\/p>\n<p>Traders are gravitating to the greenback as questions swirl about what\u2019s next for Venezuela after the US captured Maduro and US President Donald Trump said Washington plans to \u201crun\u201d the South American country. A raft of US reports due this week including inflation figures and non-farm payrolls data is also expected to shape the dollar\u2019s trajectory.<\/p>\n<div class=\"visible-sm-block visible-xs-block m1010\">\n<div class=\"ad-container-wrapper\">\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1785669 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/447048967-555x312.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/447048967-555x312.jpg 555w, https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/447048967-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/447048967-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/447048967-201x113.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/447048967-230x129.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/447048967-744x419.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/447048967.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDevelopments in Venezuela point to a relatively quick closure rather than a prolonged military conflict,\u201d said Christopher Wong, an analyst at Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. in Singapore. \u201cWhile the episode preserves the bid for precious metals, for the USD, data plays a key role this week, given a heavy flow of labor and survey-related prints.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2026 Bloomberg<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Moneyweb\u2019s in-depth finance and business news on WhatsApp here.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\">\n            !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n            {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n                n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n                if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n                n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n                t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n                'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n            fbq('init', '779812924991616');\n            fbq('track', 'PageView');\n        <\/script>#dollar #advances #Maduro #ouster #fuels #rising #geopolitical #risks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Bloomberg gauge of the dolla&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[1435,354,5072,6011,7038,7062,165,1448],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9437"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}