# Dollar pinned as Powell plods toward tapering - Markets - Business Recorder

> The dollar held near multi-week lows on August 30 after Powell described a slower path to rate hikes and said asset-purchase reductions could begin this year. Oil-exposed currencies gained as a storm disrupted Gulf of Mexico oilfields.

- Date: 2021-08-30 · published 2021-08-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45483-dollar-pinned-as-powell-plods-toward-tapering-markets-business-recorder
- Commodities: [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md), [Crude Oil (WTI)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WTI.md)

## Why it matters

A weaker dollar on looser Fed expectations supports commodity prices broadly, while Gulf oil disruption supports energy costs that feed into biofuel and freight economics.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bearish ▼
- WTI: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2022-07-28 | [Dollar hits three-week low to yen as Fed’s Powell less hawkish than feared - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40731-dollar-hits-three-week-low-to-yen-as-fed-s-powell-less-hawkish-than-feared.md) | -0.3% | +0.2% |
| DXY | 2021-08-30 | [Most Asian currencies firm as waning taper fears pressure US dollar - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45811-most-asian-currencies-firm-as-waning-taper-fears-pressure-us-dollar-markets.md) | -0.7% | +0.4% |
| DXY | 2022-06-28 | [South African rand gains as dollar dips - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41263-south-african-rand-gains-as-dollar-dips-markets-business-recorder.md) | +2.0% | +2.2% |
| DXY | 2024-11-28 | [Euro jump, rising yen put brakes on the dollar - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27641-euro-jump-rising-yen-put-brakes-on-the-dollar-markets-business-recorder.md) | -0.3% | +1.3% |
| DXY | 2022-05-27 | [South African rand firms as dollar sinks to a month low - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41694-south-african-rand-firms-as-dollar-sinks-to-a-month-low-markets-business.md) | -0.5% | +1.2% |
| WTI | 2023-04-17 | [Indian rupee declines as dollar jumps on Fed policy reassessment - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36659-indian-rupee-declines-as-dollar-jumps-on-fed-policy-reassessment-markets.md) | -5.7% | -15.2% |
| WTI | 2020-08-26 | [C$ eases against broadly firmer US dollar - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51857-c-eases-against-broadly-firmer-us-dollar-markets-business-recorder.md) | -1.1% | -7.6% |
| WTI | 2021-02-24 | [Canadian dollar notches 3-year high as oil climbs - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48891-canadian-dollar-notches-3-year-high-as-oil-climbs-markets-business-recorder.md) | -3.2% | -6.3% |

## Sources

- brecorder.com: https://www.brecorder.com/news/40116670

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