Trade-war angst has put pressure on the greenback this year. Wall Street thinks it’s about to get worse.

The dollar has been under pressure since Inauguration Day, in January, with Wall Street expecting further declines.Mark Lennihan/Associated PressDollar daze

The outlook for the U.S. economy is continuing to deteriorate: On Tuesday, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development cut its growth forecast over heightened trade war concerns.

President Trump’s tariffs are expected to sock most countries this year and next, the O.E.C.D. said. But the hit to the United States is especially spooking economists and Wall Street, who worry about lower growth colliding with a Republican spending bill that packs big tax cuts — and gargantuan deficits, reports Bernhard Warner.

All of that is putting pressure on the dollar. It traded near a three-year low on Monday, as global investors weigh keeping

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