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The dollar index (DXY00 ) Friday fell by -0.31% and posted a 2-1/2 week low. Friday’s decline in T-note yields weighed on the dollar. Also, Friday’s rally in the S&P 500 to a record high reduced liquidity demand for the dollar. The markets are discounting the chances at 66% for...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Monday fell by -0.70%. The dollar tumbled Monday after President-elect Trump picked Scott Bessent as the new US Treasury Secretary. Bessent is seen as a fiscal hawk and favors less government spending and more gradual tariffs, a negative factor for the dollar. Also, Bessent’s...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Thursday finished up +0.30% and posted a 13-month high. The dollar Thursday recovered from early losses and moved higher as a rebound in T-note yields strengthened the dollar’s interest rate differentials after T-note yields recovered from early losses and moved higher. Thursday’s US economic news...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is down by -0.19%. The dollar today is posting modest losses and is weighed down by lower T-note yields. Also, dovish comments from New York Fed President Williams undercut the dollar when he said he expects the Fed to keep cutting interest rates. Losses...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Tuesday fell by -0.07%. The dollar on Tuesday posted modest losses on the weaker-than-expected US Oct housing starts and building permits reports. Also, lower T-note yields Tuesday weakened the dollar’s interest rate differentials and weighed on the dollar. In addition, Tuesday’s stock recovery curbed liquidity...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is up by +0.10%. The dollar recovered from early losses and moved higher on increased safe-haven demand on reports that Ukraine carried out its first strike on a border region in Russia using Western-supplied missiles and after Russian President Putin approved an updated nuclear...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Monday fell by -0.42%. Strength in the euro Monday weighed on the dollar as EUR/USD rose on hawkish comments from ECB Governing Council member Nagel, who said central banks may have to raise interest rates should international tensions intensify and lead to more significant...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is down -0.18%. Strength in the euro today is weighing on the dollar as EUR/USD rose on hawkish comments from ECB Governing Council member Nagel, who said central banks may have to raise interest rates should international tensions intensify and lead to more significant...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Wednesday rose by +0.41% and posted a 1-year high. The dollar index Wednesday recovered from early losses and turned higher as it extended the post-election rally on speculation that T-note yields will increase as inflation increases due to President-elect Trump’s pro-tariff policies. The dollar Wednesday...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is up by +0.43% at a 6-3/4 month high. The dollar index today recovered from early losses and turned higher as it extends the post-election rally on speculation that T-note yields will increase as inflation increases due to President-elect Trump’s pro-tariff policies. The dollar...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Tuesday rose by +0.47% and posted a 4-1/4 month high. Higher T-note yields Tuesday strengthened the dollar’s interest rate differentials and boosted the dollar. Comments Tuesday from Richmond Fed President Barkin supported the dollar when he said the US economy looks "pretty good." The dollar...