# Dollar Consolidates Gains, Yen Weighed by Appetite for Risk After NAFTA Deal - Business Insider

> The dollar consolidated recent gains near a three-week high on higher US Treasury yields, while the euro weakened over Italy's budget deficit concerns. The yen traded near a 10-month low.

- Date: 2018-10-02 · published 2018-10-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62774-dollar-consolidates-gains-yen-weighed-by-appetite-for-risk-after-nafta-deal
- Commodities: [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md), [Euro (USD per EUR)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/EURUSD.md)

## Why it matters

A firmer dollar on higher yields makes US commodity exports pricier abroad, a modest bearish factor for grain and feed prices.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bullish ▲
- EURUSD: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2018-06-28 | [Dollar gains vs yen as risk appetite improves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64806-dollar-gains-vs-yen-as-risk-appetite-improves.md) | -0.8% | -0.9% |
| DXY | 2019-08-01 | [US Dollar Strength After Fed Rate Cut Is Opposite of What Trump Wants - Business Insider](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10780-us-dollar-strength-after-fed-rate-cut-is-opposite-of-what-trump-wants-business.md) | +1.1% | +2.1% |
| DXY | 2025-09-27 | [Dollar set for second straight week of gains - Business & Finance - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23096-dollar-set-for-second-straight-week-of-gains-business-and-finance-business.md) | -0.3% | +0.3% |
| DXY | 2023-01-29 | [Dollar clings to gains after US data; traders eye upcoming Fed meetings - The Business Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38005-dollar-clings-to-gains-after-us-data-traders-eye-upcoming-fed-meetings-the.md) | +0.5% | +2.1% |
| DXY | 2023-07-31 | [Dollar gains after Fed loan survey, yen slips By Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35219-dollar-gains-after-fed-loan-survey-yen-slips-by-reuters.md) | +0.9% | +2.3% |
| EURUSD | 2023-01-29 | [Dollar clings to gains after US data; traders eye upcoming Fed meetings - The Business Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38005-dollar-clings-to-gains-after-us-data-traders-eye-upcoming-fed-meetings-the.md) | -0.3% | -2.4% |
| EURUSD | 2017-05-03 | [Dollar Inches up as Fed Eyed for June Rate Steer \| Fox Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71192-dollar-inches-up-as-fed-eyed-for-june-rate-steer-fox-business.md) | -0.3% | +3.0% |
| EURUSD | 2022-12-15 | [Dollar gains after hawkish Fed, pound under pressure from dovish BOE - The Business Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38479-dollar-gains-after-hawkish-fed-pound-under-pressure-from-dovish-boe-the.md) | -0.5% | +1.5% |

## Sources

- businessinsider.com: https://www.businessinsider.com/r-dollar-consolidates-gains-yen-weighed-by-appetite-for-risk-after-nafta-deal-2018-10

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