# Euro and sterling fall as dollar strengthens ahead of US employment report

> The euro and sterling weakened against the dollar as continued losses in technology shares encouraged demand for the greenback. Sterling fell despite the Bank of England’s 25-basis-point rate increase, while better-than-expected German industrial production offered some support to the euro ahead of the US employment report.

- Date: 2026-11-06 · published 2026-11-06T15:11:19.400Z
- Category: macro · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/84164-euro-and-sterling-fall-as-dollar-strengthens-ahead-of-us-employment-report
- Commodities: [Euro (USD per EUR)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/EURUSD.md), [British Pound (USD per GBP)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/GBPUSD.md), [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

Stronger demand for the dollar weighs on the euro and sterling when priced in dollars. The rate outlook and German data provide some offset, but the reported currency moves were modest.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bullish ▲
- EURUSD: bearish ▼
- GBPUSD: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EURUSD | 2022-03-03 | [Euro extends recent fall, U.S. dollar gains ahead of jobs data](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8257-euro-extends-recent-fall-u-s-dollar-gains-ahead-of-jobs-data.md) | -0.3% | +0.5% |
| EURUSD | 2025-05-22 | [US dollar gains, sentiment still frayed; euro falters \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24909-us-dollar-gains-sentiment-still-frayed-euro-falters-reuters.md) | +0.2% | +1.6% |
| EURUSD | 2022-09-30 | [Dollar gains on euro after inflation data, sterling falls](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39798-dollar-gains-on-euro-after-inflation-data-sterling-falls.md) | +0.3% | +1.6% |
| EURUSD | 2020-09-23 | [Dollar Strengthens; Helped by Housing Data and Fed Comments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7700-dollar-strengthens-helped-by-housing-data-and-fed-comments.md) | +0.1% | +1.4% |
| EURUSD | 2022-10-05 | [Dollar gains as investors see Fed stance likely unchanged; euro, sterling fall](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9335-dollar-gains-as-investors-see-fed-stance-likely-unchanged-euro-sterling-fall.md) | -2.9% | -1.0% |
| DXY | 2024-09-16 | [US dollar strengthens ahead of expected Fed rate cut](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28508-us-dollar-strengthens-ahead-of-expected-fed-rate-cut.md) | -0.2% | +1.1% |
| DXY | 2018-02-02 | [Oil prices fall as US stock market slumps and dollar strengthens](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66659-oil-prices-fall-as-us-stock-market-slumps-and-dollar-strengthens.md) | +1.7% | +1.8% |
| DXY | 2022-03-03 | [Euro extends recent fall, U.S. dollar gains ahead of jobs data](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8257-euro-extends-recent-fall-u-s-dollar-gains-ahead-of-jobs-data.md) | +0.7% | -0.6% |

## Sources

- economies.com: https://www.economies.com/markets/europe-news/euro-and-sterling-fall-as-dollar-strengthens-ahead-of-us-employment-report-50531

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