
The DXY is on track for its worst monthly performance since December 2023, down from a January high of 110.00 to a recent low of 102.84, a slide of about 7.2% year to date. Softer inflation, dovish Fed signals and central bank divergence have weighed on the greenback.
The index was trading near 103.80 at the time of writing.
A weaker dollar lifts dollar-denominated US grain and meal prices and supports export demand, while lowering import costs for buyers paying in local currencies.
After 1,637 past bearish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (39% higher; middle half -0.6% to +0.3%), and -0.2% over 20.
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.