# Why the US Dollar Is So Mighty Again | QuickTakes | Yardeni Research

> The US dollar is rising sharply alongside a record US trade deficit, with record capital inflows more than offsetting the deficit. Interest rates in the US have risen well above those in Europe and Japan, drawing global fixed-income investors, and the war in Ukraine and a Covid wave in China have reinforced the dollar's safe-haven appeal.

- Date: 2022-04-29 · published 2022-04-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/7374-why-the-us-dollar-is-so-mighty-again-quicktakes-yardeni-research
- Commodities: [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Capital inflows keeping the dollar strong put downward pressure on dollar-priced commodities and make US feed exports less competitive. Buyers in weaker-currency markets face higher import costs for feed ingredients.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2023-06-01 | [Why is the US dollar so strong again?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35846-why-is-the-us-dollar-so-strong-again.md) | -0.9% | -1.2% |
| DXY | 2022-09-28 | [Why is the US dollar so strong, and what does it mean?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10320-why-is-the-us-dollar-so-strong-and-what-does-it-mean.md) | -1.8% | -1.5% |
| DXY | 2022-08-29 | [Why is the U.S. dollar so strong right now? - Marketplace](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40218-why-is-the-u-s-dollar-so-strong-right-now-marketplace.md) | +0.6% | +4.4% |
| DXY | 2022-12-27 | [USD to AUD Forecast: Why The US Dollar Is Strengthening Against The Australian Dollar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38485-usd-to-aud-forecast-why-the-us-dollar-is-strengthening-against-the-australian.md) | +0.1% | -2.5% |
| DXY | 2026-03-27 | [Ringgit weakens past 4.00 against US dollar \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20417-ringgit-weakens-past-4-00-against-us-dollar-the-star.md) | +0.1% | -1.4% |
| SBM | 2024-11-29 | [What is happening to BRL as the Brazilian Real collapses against the US Dollar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27617-what-is-happening-to-brl-as-the-brazilian-real-collapses-against-the-us-dollar.md) | -1.3% | +2.2% |
| SBM | 2022-05-31 | [In Depth: Behind the Yuan’s Tumble Against the Dollar - Caixin Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41602-in-depth-behind-the-yuan-s-tumble-against-the-dollar-caixin-global.md) | -5.5% | +1.5% |
| SBM | 2022-07-12 | [Dollar rises to 20-year highs, sends grains lower – The Seam](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5974-dollar-rises-to-20-year-highs-sends-grains-lower-the-seam.md) | -8.2% | +3.6% |

## Sources

- yardeni.com: https://yardeni.com/research/quicktakes/2022/04/28/why-the-us-dollar-is-so-mighty-again

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