# Dollar Snaps Two-Week Advance, While Japanese Investors Resume Repatriating Funds - Marc to Market  Marc Chandler on Global FX and Capital Markets

> The U.S. dollar fell broadly in the week to April 14 after a two-week advance. Heightened geopolitical risk from U.S. strikes on Syria and Afghanistan and a movement of an aircraft carrier group toward North Korea drove the decline. Trump's comments about the dollar's strength also surprised markets.

- Date: 2017-04-15 · published 2017-04-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71687-dollar-snaps-two-week-advance-while-japanese-investors-resume-repatriating
- Commodities: [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

Geopolitical and policy-driven dollar weakness can lift dollar-priced grain and oilseed values for overseas buyers, though risk-off flows can reverse the effect quickly.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bearish ▼

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## Sources

- marctomarket.com: https://www.marctomarket.com/2017/04/dollar-snaps-two-week-advance-while.html

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