PYMNTS’ Daily Data Dive: Investors Show Caution Following Trump’s Health Care Plan Snafu

The GOP’s decision to pull its new health care bill from the voting floor of Congress are seeing some investors concerned about what a Trump presidency means for their work.

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    Investors that were hoping for more business-friendly tax cuts and regulatory changes are moving forward with caution due to the overall U.S. economy’s current state of affairs.

    Here are the numbers:

    2 percent | Decline of the U.S. dollar in March

    6 percent | Total decline of the U.S. dollar since President Donald Trump’s election win

    4.9 percent | Decline of U.S. currency against peers since January 3, 2017

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    2.5 percent | Increase in short interest shares in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF

    2.63 percent | Yield reached on 10-year U.S. treasuries reached in March 2017