Dollar Index News

US Dollar Surges to 1.5-Month High as Fed Hikes Rates and Signals More Tightening

Dollar index (DXY) rallied 0.64% to a 1.5-month high following the FOMC rate decision

Sep 17, 2026

🇦🇪 UAE / MENA

Dollar Surges to Seven-Week High Post-Fed Hike, Eases as Oil Supply Fears Fade

U.S. dollar climbed to a seven-week high after the Fed raised interest rates, reaffirming its inflation fight

Sep 17, 2026

Dollar Index Rallies to 1.5-Week High on Safe-Haven Demand as Stocks and Risk Assets Sink

Dollar index (DXY) rallied to a 1.5-week high Monday, gaining between +0.28% and +0.52%

Sep 15, 2026

Dollar Ticks Higher as Oil Surge and Fed Hike Near-Certainty Lift Bond Yields

Markets now treat a Fed rate hike on Wednesday as near certainty

Sep 15, 2026

🇨🇳 China

China Forex Reserves Rise to $3.44 Trillion in August, Up $19.5B Month-on-Month

China's foreign exchange reserves reached $3,438.3 billion at end-August 2026, rising $19.5B from July

Sep 8, 2026

Why $100 Bills Keep Growing Despite Digital Payments: The Money Laundering Connection

Physical US dollar cash in circulation keeps growing despite the digital payments revolution, with large-denomination $100 bills disproportionately increasing — driven by criminal enterprises and money laundering

Sep 8, 2026

🇦🇪 UAE / MENA

Yen Surges to Seven-Month High at 152.89 as BOJ Rate Bets Build Ahead of US CPI

The Japanese yen extended its rally to a seven-month high of 152.89 per US dollar on September 8, driven by accelerating BOJ rate-hike expectations

Sep 8, 2026

🇨🇳 China

Nomura Warns AI Boom Masks Rising US Risk Premium as Dollar Correction Risk Builds

Nomura analysts argue the AI-driven US equity rally has concealed a rising US risk premium that makes a sharp market correction increasingly probable

Sep 5, 2026

US Dollar Slumps as Yen Surges on Fading Fed Hike Bets and BOJ Rate Expectations

The US dollar declined sharply at the start of September as market participants reduced Federal Reserve rate hike bets.

Sep 4, 2026

🇩🇪 Germany

Bitcoin Fails to Track Dollar Weakness Like Physical Gold, Undermining Its Safe-Haven Narrative

Bitcoin has largely failed to capitalise on recent US dollar weakness — a performance gap that challenges the widely-marketed 'digital gold' thesis

Sep 1, 2026

🇮🇳 India

Gold Drops 3% as Fed Chair Warsh's Jackson Hole Remarks Lift Rate-Hike Bets

Gold dropped more than 3% after Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's comments raised rate-hike expectations.

Aug 29, 2026

Fed Chair Warsh Sharpens Inflation Warning at Jackson Hole, Signals Rate Hike Path

Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh used Jackson Hole to clarify his case for higher interest rates after July press conference confused markets

Aug 29, 2026

Bitcoin and Gold ETFs Draw $7 Billion Together as Fiscal Anxiety Fuels Scarcity Trade

Bitcoin and gold ETFs attracted a combined $7 billion in inflows as investors simultaneously buy both hard assets as fiscal hedges

Aug 26, 2026

Gold Prices Surge as Dollar Weakens and Treasury Market Intervention Signals

Gold rallies sharply as US dollar weakness and Treasury market intervention signals boost safe-haven demand

Aug 24, 2026

🇮🇳 India

Bitcoin Surges 23% in One Week to Near $78K on Liquidity Inflows

Bitcoin climbed approximately 23% in seven days to trade near $78,000 as liquidity conditions improved

Aug 22, 2026

Gold Rallies on Dollar Weakness as Selective Consumer Sentiment Reshapes Market Mood

Gold prices surged in Friday's session as the US dollar weakened, reinforcing the classic inverse correlation between the two assets

Aug 22, 2026

Gold Surges on US Debt Fears as Dollar Extends Decline

Gold prices surged as mounting US fiscal debt concerns triggered a flight to safe-haven assets

Aug 22, 2026

Dollar Holds Near Multi-Month Lows as Rate Hike Bets Fade and Iran Risk Muddies Safe-Haven Demand

The US dollar held near multi-month lows as traders cut rate-hike bets and Iran conflict kept safe-haven demand mixed

Aug 18, 2026

Emerging-Market Currencies Hit Record High as Fed Rate-Hike Bets Cool

Emerging-market currencies rose to a record high as bets on a Federal Reserve rate hike cooled

Aug 17, 2026

Dollar Slips to June Low as Soft U.S. Data Trims Rate-Hike Expectations

The U.S. dollar fell to its lowest level since early June as a run of soft economic data reduced rate-hike bets

Aug 17, 2026

🇨🇳 China

SCMP: US Yen Intervention Exposes Limits of American Capacity to Support Both Bonds and the AI Bubble

SCMP analysis draws a parallel between the US yen intervention — triggered by Japan Treasury selling — and the structural fragility of the US AI investment bubble, arguing America cannot prop up both simultaneously.

Aug 15, 2026

🇮🇳 India

Dollar Drifts Mixed as Flat US PPI Data Cools Fed Rate Hike Expectations

The US dollar traded in mixed territory following a flat Producer Price Index reading, which tempered market expectations for additional Federal Reserve rate hikes.

Aug 14, 2026

Dollar Steadies After Benign US Inflation Data Cuts Fed Rate Hike Expectations

The US dollar steadied after benign US consumer inflation data prompted traders to pare back Federal Reserve rate hike expectations, with Business Times Singapore providing dual-angle coverage of the currency market reaction

Aug 13, 2026

Arthur Hayes Identifies $60 Billion Fed FIMA Facility Cap as Bitcoin's Next Liquidity Trigger

Arthur Hayes identifies the Federal Reserve's FIMA repo facility breaching $60 billion as his next Bitcoin liquidity trigger, framing global dollar mechanics as the key precondition for his next aggressive crypto accumulation

Aug 13, 2026

Dollar Index Gains 0.3% as Surging Crude and Rising Treasury Yields Converge

Dollar index (DXY00) rose 0.29% as higher T-note yields widened US rate differentials versus peers

Aug 11, 2026

FT: Currency Interventions Have Mixed Record — Macro Fundamentals Always Win

Financial Times analysis concludes central bank FX interventions have an historically mixed record when measured against stated goals

Aug 9, 2026

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

US Fiscal Weak Spots: Debt Trajectory and Reserve Currency Risk Draw Institutional Scrutiny

Analysis highlights US fiscal vulnerabilities — rising debt, persistent deficits, and dollar reserve concentration risk — as structural weak spots that bond markets may begin to reprice.

Aug 8, 2026

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Trump Revives Threat to Sack Fed Governor Lisa Cook Despite Supreme Court Ruling Against Removal

President Trump has revived his threat to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook despite a Supreme Court ruling she can remain pending case resolution

Aug 8, 2026