# The Fed - Revisions to the Federal Reserve Dollar Indexes

> The Federal Reserve announced it will revise its trade-weighted dollar indexes starting February 2019, changing the weighting scheme and country composition. The note explains the index construction and the motives for the changes.

- Date: 2019-01-15 · published 2019-01-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61287-the-fed-revisions-to-the-federal-reserve-dollar-indexes
- Commodities: [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

Changes to the dollar index methodology alter how dollar moves are measured for trade effects, but do not themselves move commodity prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2017-04-06 | [Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71414-board-of-governors-of-the-federal-reserve-system.md) | -0.0% | -0.2% |
| DXY | 2019-05-01 | [Federal Reserve Board - Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58993-federal-reserve-board-federal-reserve-issues-fomc-statement.md) | +0.2% | +1.1% |
| DXY | 2022-07-29 | [U.S. dollar soared Friday while Yen plunged in the red](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40737-u-s-dollar-soared-friday-while-yen-plunged-in-the-red.md) | -0.2% | +0.8% |
| DXY | 2019-11-20 | [Federal Reserve members unanimously reject negative interest rates: minutes - The Business Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55965-federal-reserve-members-unanimously-reject-negative-interest-rates-minutes-the.md) | +0.4% | -0.8% |
| DXY | 2017-01-30 | [FxWirePro: Decelerated US growth threatens dollar bulls but forecasts on Federal Reserve keeps bullish rout intact, DXY oscillates in range \| EconoTimes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73164-fxwirepro-decelerated-us-growth-threatens-dollar-bulls-but-forecasts-on-federal.md) | -1.2% | -1.2% |

## Sources

- federalreserve.gov: https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/revisions-to-the-federal-reserve-dollar-indexes-20190115.html

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