# Euro falls despite report signaling ECB rate hike

> The euro fell to $1.1660 on Wednesday, moving away from a three-month high of $1.1712 after a Reuters report said ECB policymakers were preparing to raise rates in September. The Dollar Index rose 0.1% as long-term Treasury yields rebounded. The ECB had raised rates in June for the first time in nearly three years.

- Date: 2026-08-26 · published 2026-08-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/18102-euro-falls-despite-report-signaling-ecb-rate-hike
- Commodities: [Euro (USD per EUR)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/EURUSD.md), [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

Diverging central bank paths between the ECB and Fed set the dollar's direction, which affects dollar-priced commodity exports. The price effect on feed markets is indirect.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bullish ▲
- EURUSD: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EURUSD | 2022-10-27 | [Euro falls against the dollar after ECB rate hike, U.S. data](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39360-euro-falls-against-the-dollar-after-ecb-rate-hike-u-s-data.md) | -1.9% | +3.3% |
| EURUSD | 2023-09-14 | [Euro Falls After ECB Hikes Interest Rates \| Morningstar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34316-euro-falls-after-ecb-hikes-interest-rates-morningstar.md) | -0.2% | -1.7% |
| EURUSD | 2021-11-16 | [Latest ECB rate-hike pushback turns euro into falling knife \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11948-latest-ecb-rate-hike-pushback-turns-euro-into-falling-knife-reuters.md) | -1.4% | -1.3% |
| EURUSD | 2023-08-31 | [ForexLive European FX news wrap: Euro falls as ECB rate hike bets abate](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34810-forexlive-european-fx-news-wrap-euro-falls-as-ecb-rate-hike-bets-abate.md) | -2.0% | -3.2% |
| EURUSD | 2023-05-03 | [ECB slows rate hike pace but signals more to come](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36153-ecb-slows-rate-hike-pace-but-signals-more-to-come.md) | -0.4% | -3.1% |
| DXY | 2022-10-27 | [Euro falls against the dollar after ECB rate hike, U.S. data](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39360-euro-falls-against-the-dollar-after-ecb-rate-hike-u-s-data.md) | +0.7% | -2.5% |
| DXY | 2023-06-22 | [Sterling declines despite 0.5% UK rate hike](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35763-sterling-declines-despite-0-5-uk-rate-hike.md) | +0.5% | -1.0% |
| DXY | 2016-11-18 | [Mexican peso falls despite rate hike, Fed action looms](https://feedsoft.ai/events/74115-mexican-peso-falls-despite-rate-hike-fed-action-looms.md) | +1.0% | +1.3% |

## Sources

- economies.com: https://www.economies.com/forex/eur-usd-news/euro-falls-despite-report-signaling-ecb-rate-hike-49575

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