# Dollar eases after hitting highest in two weeks, US job data looms | Reuters

> The euro edged up 0.2% to $1.1060 after touching $1.1043, its lowest level in the session. Traders awaited US jobs data while the ECB gave no hints about further easing after services inflation stayed sticky.

- Date: 2024-08-29 · published 2024-08-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/29010-dollar-eases-after-hitting-highest-in-two-weeks-us-job-data-looms-reuters
- Commodities: [Euro (USD per EUR)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/EURUSD.md), [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

Currency moves in the euro and dollar shift the relative cost of US commodity exports for European buyers, but the effect on feed prices is modest.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: neutral
- EURUSD: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EURUSD | 2024-12-16 | [Dollar edges higher against major peers as investors eye Fed rate cut \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27178-dollar-edges-higher-against-major-peers-as-investors-eye-fed-rate-cut-reuters.md) | -0.6% | -2.0% |
| EURUSD | 2022-08-29 | [Dollar eases off of 20-year high as euro boosted by rates view \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40214-dollar-eases-off-of-20-year-high-as-euro-boosted-by-rates-view-reuters.md) | +0.3% | -3.8% |
| EURUSD | 2022-11-23 | [Euro vs US dollar: Long-term uncertainty amid interest differential](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38895-euro-vs-us-dollar-long-term-uncertainty-amid-interest-differential.md) | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| EURUSD | 2018-02-26 | [The one interest rate differential that is driving the US dollar \| ING THINK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66696-the-one-interest-rate-differential-that-is-driving-the-us-dollar-ing-think.md) | +0.1% | +0.5% |
| EURUSD | 2020-09-01 | [Euro Falters After Eclipsing Key Level as ECB’s Lane Weighs In - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51336-euro-falters-after-eclipsing-key-level-as-ecb-s-lane-weighs-in-bloomberg.md) | -1.3% | -1.9% |
| DXY | 2023-11-13 | [Dollar slips after hitting one-year high against yen](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33396-dollar-slips-after-hitting-one-year-high-against-yen.md) | -1.0% | -1.0% |
| DXY | 2021-06-25 | [Dollar steady after U.S. inflation data misses estimates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46773-dollar-steady-after-u-s-inflation-data-misses-estimates.md) | +0.4% | +1.0% |
| DXY | 2022-10-15 | [Fed's Bullard says boost to dollar from interest rate hikes may ease \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39330-fed-s-bullard-says-boost-to-dollar-from-interest-rate-hikes-may-ease-reuters.md) | -0.5% | -3.8% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/dollar-edges-two-week-high-vs-euro-us-payroll-data-looms-2024-09-02/

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