# Key themes at the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings: Dollar dominance | Brookings

> Robin Brooks summarizes the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings, where discussion centered on US economic outperformance, sticky US inflation and a Fed likely to stay on hold while other central banks cut. He notes the dollar has risen about 30% over the past decade and that option volatility is unusually low.

- Date: 2024-04-25 · published 2024-04-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/30906-key-themes-at-the-imf-world-bank-spring-meetings-dollar-dominance-brookings
- Commodities: [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

Expectations of a stronger dollar for longer add pressure on commodity prices quoted in dollars and on emerging-market currencies, which can reduce import demand for feed ingredients.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bullish ▲

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2019-07-31 | [Fed meeting: beware the dollar’s resilience \| articles \| ING THINK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58016-fed-meeting-beware-the-dollar-s-resilience-articles-ing-think.md) | +0.9% | +1.8% |
| DXY | 2021-03-24 | [What a stronger dollar means for the world](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48323-what-a-stronger-dollar-means-for-the-world.md) | +0.8% | -0.9% |
| DXY | 2024-01-29 | [Dollar Steady Ahead of Fed Meeting - Euro Weakens \| Global Banking & Finance Review](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32346-dollar-steady-ahead-of-fed-meeting-euro-weakens-global-banking-and-finance.md) | +0.2% | +0.4% |
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| DXY | 2022-07-16 | [The Dollar Is Extremely Strong, Pushing Down the World](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40787-the-dollar-is-extremely-strong-pushing-down-the-world.md) | -0.8% | -2.0% |

## Sources

- brookings.edu: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/key-themes-at-the-imf-world-bank-spring-meetings-dollar-dominance/

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