# Too early for U.S. dollar sell-off despite Fed rate cuts - Reuters poll

> A Reuters poll conducted before the Fed cut interest rates by a half percentage point in an emergency move on Tuesday found analysts saw it as too early for a sustained US dollar sell-off. G7 finance officials had said they were ready to use all policy tools to safeguard growth.

- Date: 2020-03-03 · published 2020-03-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/6187-too-early-for-u-s-dollar-sell-off-despite-fed-rate-cuts-reuters-poll
- Commodities: [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

Expectations that the dollar will hold up despite rate cuts suggest limited near-term dollar weakness, which matters for pricing of dollar-denominated feed commodities.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2026-01-28 | [Be careful what you wish for on a weaker dollar \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10162-be-careful-what-you-wish-for-on-a-weaker-dollar-reuters.md) | +0.4% | +0.3% |
| DXY | 2017-01-01 | [China tweaks yuan basket to play down US dollar \| South China Morning Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73191-china-tweaks-yuan-basket-to-play-down-us-dollar-south-china-morning-post.md) | +0.1% | -1.7% |
| DXY | 2020-03-26 | [Central Banks Use Swap Lines to Maintain the Flow of US Dollar \| Yale School of Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6587-central-banks-use-swap-lines-to-maintain-the-flow-of-us-dollar-yale-school-of.md) | -0.8% | -0.7% |
| DXY | 2017-01-25 | [Tokyo on edge as Washington, Detroit blast strong dollar - Nikkei Asia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73231-tokyo-on-edge-as-washington-detroit-blast-strong-dollar-nikkei-asia.md) | -0.7% | -0.7% |
| DXY | 2025-05-30 | [EUR/USD pares gains with markets cautious ahead of the US PCE Prices Index report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24908-eur-usd-pares-gains-with-markets-cautious-ahead-of-the-us-pce-prices-index.md) | -0.5% | -1.6% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-forex-poll-dollar/too-early-for-u-s-dollar-sell-off-despite-fed-rate-cuts-reuters-poll-idUSKBN20Q26X/?feedName=businessNews&feedType=RSS

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