The dollar index (DXY00) is up by +0.05% today. The dollar found support today after WTI crude oil prices rose more than +2% to a 1-week high, which raises inflation expectations and may persuade the Fed to tighten monetary policy, a supportive factor for the dollar. However, the dollar fell back from its best level as crude prices erased most of their overnight gains when Pakistan signaled the US and Iran were close to an arrangement that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
US July existing home sales fell -1.7% m/m to 4.06 million, close to expectations of 4.05 million.