Joe Biden widens lead, Goldman says it's time to start selling dollar

Dollar may tumble to its 2018 lows on the rising chances of a Biden win and vaccine progress

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden holds a 17-point lead over Donald Trump in trust to handle the coronavirus pandemic in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, powering the Democrat to a double-digit advantage in vote preference with the presidential election three weeks away.
 

In the aftermath of his own Covid-19 diagnosis, two-thirds of registered voters say Trump failed to take appropriate precautions against the virus, 62 per cent distrust what he says about it and eight months since its arrival in the US just 21 per cent say it's under control.
 

Also damaging to Trump: 58 per cent disapprove of