# So Much Dollar Bull - Swiss Economicblogs.org

> Jeffrey Snider's May 27, 2020 commentary notes the Fed's trade-weighted dollar rose 7.1% in Q1 2020, its best quarter in over twenty years. He argues the dollar's strength coincided with global stress.

- Date: 2020-05-26 · published 2020-05-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53039-so-much-dollar-bull-swiss-economicblogs-org
- Commodities: [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

A strong dollar pressures US commodity export competitiveness and emerging-market buying power, which is bearish for feed commodity prices.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2023-02-02 | [Oil slumps on economic data, stronger U.S. dollar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37234-oil-slumps-on-economic-data-stronger-u-s-dollar.md) | +1.3% | +2.1% |
| DXY | 2020-09-02 | [Dollar buoyed by upbeat U.S. economic data; Aussie falls](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51362-dollar-buoyed-by-upbeat-u-s-economic-data-aussie-falls.md) | +0.5% | +1.2% |
| DXY | 2016-06-16 | [Weak economy and strong dollar both matter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9291-weak-economy-and-strong-dollar-both-matter.md) | -0.9% | +0.0% |
| DXY | 2022-07-15 | [What the dollar's surge means for the economy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40692-what-the-dollar-s-surge-means-for-the-economy.md) | -0.9% | -2.7% |
| DXY | 2024-08-28 | [US dollar advances on month-end demand; focus on economic data](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28982-us-dollar-advances-on-month-end-demand-focus-on-economic-data.md) | +0.5% | -0.3% |

## Sources

- swiss.economicblogs.org: https://swiss.economicblogs.org/snbchf/2020/p-snider-dollar-bull

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