# Greenback Finishing Week On Firm Note | Investing.com

> The dollar index gained 1.25% in the week, its largest weekly gain of the year. Markets increasingly expect a Fed rate hike in December and further hikes in 2018, and US tax reform steps advanced in Congress.

- Date: 2017-10-27 · published 2017-10-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68658-greenback-finishing-week-on-firm-note-investing-com
- Commodities: [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

Expectations of tighter US policy and a stronger dollar tend to weigh on US grain and oilseed export competitiveness and dollar-denominated prices. The effect on feed input costs is indirect but持续 relevant over the coming months.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2026-06-29 | [FX Outlook: A Busy Week Ahead \| Investing.com UK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19033-fx-outlook-a-busy-week-ahead-investing-com-uk.md) | -0.0% | -0.1% |
| DXY | 2021-04-11 | [Week Ahead: Fed’s Inflation Calm Is About To Get Tested \| Investing.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47862-week-ahead-fed-s-inflation-calm-is-about-to-get-tested-investing-com.md) | -0.6% | -1.9% |
| DXY | 2022-03-17 | [FX Daily: Risk Assets Warmly Greet Fed Tightening \| Investing.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42204-fx-daily-risk-assets-warmly-greet-fed-tightening-investing-com.md) | -0.7% | -0.5% |
| DXY | 2017-06-14 | [Dollar U-Turns On Hawkish Yellen \| Investing.com ZA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10200-dollar-u-turns-on-hawkish-yellen-investing-com-za.md) | +0.6% | -0.9% |
| DXY | 2026-06-18 | [Fed Holds Rates, New Chair Leans Hawkish, Gold Down but Not Out \| Investing.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18709-fed-holds-rates-new-chair-leans-hawkish-gold-down-but-not-out-investing-com.md) | +1.4% | +1.0% |

## Sources

- investing.com: https://www.investing.com/analysis/greenback-finishing-week-on-firm-note-200221397

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