# There’s a non-pandemic catalyst set to drive the dollar, pound and euro for the rest of 2021 - MarketWatch

> Currency traders are shifting focus from the pandemic to central bank responses to rising inflation in the US, UK and euro area. Ebury notes that unleashed consumer demand and supply shortages have pushed US inflation higher. The article also shows the dollar index, euro and pound moving only slightly on the day.

- Date: 2021-08-17 · published 2021-08-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45808-there-s-a-non-pandemic-catalyst-set-to-drive-the-dollar-pound-and-euro-for-the
- Commodities: [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md), [Euro (USD per EUR)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/EURUSD.md), [British Pound (USD per GBP)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/GBPUSD.md)

## Why it matters

This is a general currency outlook focused on policy expectations, with no specific feed supply or demand change; its effect on grain and meal prices is indirect.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: neutral
- EURUSD: neutral
- GBPUSD: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2019-03-06 | [Exchange & Interest Rate Forecasts For Euro, Dollar And Pound Sterling: ING](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60348-exchange-and-amp-interest-rate-forecasts-for-euro-dollar-and-pound-sterling-ing.md) | +0.1% | +0.3% |
| DXY | 2019-10-29 | [Fed's policy still too tight for the rest of the world? – Nordea: Analytics and Market news from 29 October 2019 15:08](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56779-fed-s-policy-still-too-tight-for-the-rest-of-the-world-nordea-analytics-and.md) | -0.1% | +0.9% |
| DXY | 2018-06-13 | [US Dollar on Cusp of Renewed Downtrend as Faster-Fed Fails to Inspire the Market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64711-us-dollar-on-cusp-of-renewed-downtrend-as-faster-fed-fails-to-inspire-the-market.md) | +1.3% | +0.6% |
| DXY | 2021-04-22 | [Euro and U.S. dollar waffle as markets weigh ECB policy talk](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47818-euro-and-u-s-dollar-waffle-as-markets-weigh-ecb-policy-talk.md) | -0.3% | -1.2% |
| DXY | 2018-12-19 | [With a rate hike priced in, dollar traders wait for Fed’s 2019 guidance - MarketWatch](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61746-with-a-rate-hike-priced-in-dollar-traders-wait-for-fed-s-2019-guidance.md) | -0.3% | -1.6% |
| EURUSD | 2021-02-18 | [Euro-Dollar Rate, the ECB's Currency Concerns and Two Competing Outlooks for 2021](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48855-euro-dollar-rate-the-ecb-s-currency-concerns-and-two-competing-outlooks-for-2021.md) | +0.8% | -1.1% |
| EURUSD | 2021-04-22 | [Euro and U.S. dollar waffle as markets weigh ECB policy talk](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47818-euro-and-u-s-dollar-waffle-as-markets-weigh-ecb-policy-talk.md) | +0.5% | +1.5% |
| EURUSD | 2022-10-31 | [EUR/USD: High inflation to dampen the risk of a sharper euro sell-off – MUFG: Analytics and Market news from 31 October 2022 14:35](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39366-eur-usd-high-inflation-to-dampen-the-risk-of-a-sharper-euro-sell-off-mufg.md) | -0.4% | +4.2% |

## Sources

- marketwatch.com: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/theres-a-non-pandemic-catalyst-set-to-drive-the-dollar-pound-and-euro-for-the-rest-of-2021-11629226526

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