# FX Week Ahead: Is It 'End Of Days' For The Greenback? | Investing.com UK

> An Investing.com FX preview said the US dollar had its weakest week across the board in mid-July 2017 after softer retail sales data. The piece noted that the yen and Swiss franc were less affected. It also flagged North Korea tensions and the risk of trade disputes as factors for the coming week.

- Date: 2017-07-16 · published 2017-07-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70282-fx-week-ahead-is-it-end-of-days-for-the-greenback-investing-com-uk
- Commodities: [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

A weaker US dollar tends to support dollar-priced commodities such as grains and oilseeds, which lowers import costs for buyers using a non-US currency.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2018-01-29 | [G10 FX Week Ahead: State of the dollar \| ING THINK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67209-g10-fx-week-ahead-state-of-the-dollar-ing-think.md) | +0.4% | +1.0% |
| DXY | 2024-02-12 | [US Dollar: A Week of Disinflation Tests \| Investing.com UK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31887-us-dollar-a-week-of-disinflation-tests-investing-com-uk.md) | +0.1% | -0.8% |
| DXY | 2020-05-29 | [G10 FX Week Ahead: Rock around the clock \| ING THINK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53350-g10-fx-week-ahead-rock-around-the-clock-ing-think.md) | -1.4% | -0.6% |
| DXY | 2022-03-10 | [Best day in 5-years for EUR/USD ahead of the March ECB meeting](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9525-best-day-in-5-years-for-eur-usd-ahead-of-the-march-ecb-meeting.md) | +0.2% | -0.5% |
| DXY | 2017-12-15 | [6 Reasons For The Dollar Slump \| Investing.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67393-6-reasons-for-the-dollar-slump-investing-com.md) | -0.2% | -2.5% |

## Sources

- uk.investing.com: https://uk.investing.com/analysis/fx-week-ahead-17-21-july---is-it--39;end-of-days-39;-for-the-greenback!-200196186

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