# It's risky to go long on the dollar | The National

> The Fed kept rates unchanged but signaled a tightening schedule starting in October, with its $4.5 trillion balance sheet to shrink by $10 billion per quarter. The dollar received limited buying support and faced resistance around 92 to 92.50 on the index.

- Date: 2017-09-25 · published 2017-09-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69151-it-s-risky-to-go-long-on-the-dollar-the-national
- Commodities: [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

Limited dollar strength and expected balance sheet runoff add modest uncertainty to currency-driven commodity pricing, with little immediate direct effect on feed markets.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2021-11-10 | [Dollar near one-month low to yen as inflation test looms](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44279-dollar-near-one-month-low-to-yen-as-inflation-test-looms.md) | +1.1% | +1.8% |
| DXY | 2019-10-31 | [Trump bets on Fed cuts to help the dollar. Don't count on it](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56774-trump-bets-on-fed-cuts-to-help-the-dollar-don-t-count-on-it.md) | -0.1% | +0.8% |
| DXY | 2026-01-02 | [Dollar gains over dong on black market - VnExpress International](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21353-dollar-gains-over-dong-on-black-market-vnexpress-international.md) | +0.3% | -1.5% |
| DXY | 2017-01-26 | [Are Interest Rates No Longer Driving the Dollar? - BBH — Octa](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73136-are-interest-rates-no-longer-driving-the-dollar-bbh-octa.md) | -0.5% | -1.1% |
| DXY | 2023-02-22 | [Watch the dollar for de-globalisation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37523-watch-the-dollar-for-de-globalisation.md) | +0.6% | +0.2% |

## Sources

- thenationalnews.com: https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/money/it-s-risky-to-go-long-on-the-dollar-1.661498

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