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Mar 20, 2026MACROGlobal

Dollar set for weekly drop as central banks turn hawkish with rising oil prices

The dollar gained on Friday but was headed for a weekly decline against major currencies. Investors pared back bets on Federal Reserve rate cuts due to likely higher inflation from rising oil prices.

WHY IT MATTERS

Reduced rate-cut expectations support the dollar, while higher energy prices feed inflation concerns that weigh on commodity sentiment.

AFFECTSDXY◆

SOURCE
reuters.comChibuike Oguh, Samuel IndykMar 20, 2026

Price reaction & history

DXY◆neutralSO FAR1d +0.1%5d +0.2%20d -1.5%

After 359 past neutral macro events, DXY moved a median -0.0% over 5 sessions (49% higher; middle half -0.4% to +0.4%), and -0.1% over 20.

Nov 21, 2025Dollar slips against yen but heads for broad weekly rise | Reuters-0.5%
Feb 23, 2021Dollar bounces off six-week low as traders prepare for Powell - Markets - Business Recorder+0.5%
Aug 31, 2026The Dollar Index falls through a war and a hawkish repricing-0.6%
Dec 19, 2018With a rate hike priced in, dollar traders wait for Fed’s 2019 guidance - MarketWatch-0.3%
Sep 6, 2024Oil settles down 2%, big weekly drop after US jobs data-0.0%

Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.

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