# Can the US dollar make a comeback? | South China Morning Post

> The US dollar is down against almost every major and emerging-market currency in 2017, having fallen about 15 percent from its euro peak last December. Weak inflation has reduced hopes for further Fed rate hikes, and expectations for Trump-era growth policies have reached a low.

- Date: 2017-09-29 · published 2017-09-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69153-can-the-us-dollar-make-a-comeback-south-china-morning-post
- Commodities: [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

A persistently weak dollar supports dollar-priced commodities and improves foreign buyers' purchasing power, a mildly bullish factor for US feed exports if the trend continues.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bearish ▼
- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
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| DXY | 2017-08-21 | [Macroscope \| How to read the outlook for the US dollar \| South China Morning Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69641-macroscope-how-to-read-the-outlook-for-the-us-dollar-south-china-morning-post.md) | -0.6% | -1.3% |
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| DXY | 2017-12-26 | [Macroscope \| Why 2018 could be the year of the euro \| South China Morning Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67682-macroscope-why-2018-could-be-the-year-of-the-euro-south-china-morning-post.md) | -1.3% | -3.6% |
| DXY | 2023-02-09 | [What's behind the euro's comeback against the US dollar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37542-what-s-behind-the-euro-s-comeback-against-the-us-dollar.md) | +0.3% | +1.1% |
| DXY | 2022-12-01 | [US dollar strength has ‘reached peak’, China’s central bank says, as Fed considers scaling back rate hikes \| South China Morning Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6579-us-dollar-strength-has-reached-peak-china-s-central-bank-says-as-fed-considers.md) | -0.6% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2026-01-29 | [What the sinking U.S. dollar means to Canada and world](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21288-what-the-sinking-u-s-dollar-means-to-canada-and-world.md) | -0.3% | -0.1% |
| CORN | 2025-08-22 | [Canadian dollar rallies the most in three months as Fed’s Powell signals possible rate cut - The Globe and Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23555-canadian-dollar-rallies-the-most-in-three-months-as-fed-s-powell-signals.md) | -0.6% | +7.6% |
| CORN | 2026-01-28 | [AUD/USD Outlook: US Dollar Unwind Hands the Baton to Australia CPI \| Investing.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21320-aud-usd-outlook-us-dollar-unwind-hands-the-baton-to-australia-cpi-investing-com.md) | +0.2% | +0.0% |

## Sources

- scmp.com: https://www.scmp.com/business/article/2113425/can-us-dollar-make-comeback

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