The United States dollar is suffering its worst start to a year in more than five decades, likely triggering a price hike for some everyday items and a jump in expenses faced by travelers abroad, some analysts told ABC News.

T he U.S. dollar has had its worst start to a year since 1973, weighed down by President Donald Trump 's frenetic trade policy, a worsening outlook for the country's ever-bloating public debt pile, and fears about the independence of the Federal Reserve.

Donald Trump has pushed the dollar to its worst start to a year since 1973 after his trade policies rocked the American economy.