"Good for Currency" meaning?

Dear all,

What does this mean: "Actual' greater than Forecast is good for currency"?

I have been looking at news for last month or two and almost every time that "Actual" was greater than "Forecast" for USD, the dollar headed down. I always assumed that this should mean that the price of USD should go higher. Soooo...I'm a little confused

Actual was greater than forcast doesnt mean that actual figure is as good as the same month last year or have the enough goodness within that year. And sometimes those forcasts are already bought by the market earlier so they dump after the news. There is too much attached to it. The fact is statistical numbers need interpretation so it is important how market digest those numbers.Thats why better to stay out till it is digested and returns back to general sentiment. Speeches are even harder to predict and more exposed to speculations.

I see, Kxeroo is really given your answer! By the way, news trading is always challenging! So, try to underhand the actual meaning of it; not only focus on Actual-forecast. But, of course you have to start from the basic level.

Treasury Secretary Stevne Mnuchin said in Davos Wednesday that a weaker dollar was "good for us" as it relates to trade and opportunities. He went on to say that longer-term the dollar’s value would reflect economic fundamentals but the foreign exchange community focused on the comment’s first half. The US Dollar index duly dropped to its weakest point since late 2014, taking Asia’s exporter-heavy stock indexes with it.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he ultimately wants the dollar to be strong, contradicting comments made by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin one day earlier.
"The dollar is going to get stronger and stronger and ultimately I want to see a strong dollar," Trump said in an interview with CNBC, adding that Mnuchin's comments had been misinterpreted.

This probably proves why one shall not rely on news or fundamentals nowadays. Especially short term traders cos no matter what a retail forex trader think it changes within minutes. We entered on a era of currency wars and it is impossible to guess what is going to come out from the box. Just staying aside during talks and ride reasonable waves is the only safe solution for a retail forex trader.